A tourist was raped in her Bronx hotel room by a tattooed man she had talked to on the subway, police said Thursday. The 33-year-old victim had a short chat with the stranger on a train at the Union Square station in Manhattan. Click below to read the rest of the story.
She exited the subway in the East Tremont area of the Bronx and walked to her hotel room, where she heard a knock at her door about 4 a.m.
The man from the subway pushed his way into her room and raped her, police said.
The suspect is described as black, about 30 years old and was wearing a Chicago Bulls baseball cap, white T-shirt and red shorts.
He had a tattoo of “Tiffany†was on the side of his left forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion and the name “Ivan†on his right shoulder and bicep area, the victim told cops.
The NYPD has released a video of the suspect walking through the hotel corridors holding a white towel.
Anyone with information is being urged to contact Crime stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).
