The New York Police Department (
NYPD) arrested and charged a man on Saturday in the case of a sexual assault inside a subway station in Queens, New York.
The police said that 38-year-old Tyrone Brown was charged with attempted rape, sexual abuse and drug possession, an NYPD spokesperson told
Newsweek.
The victim was on her way out of the 169th St. station near Hillside Ave. in Jamaica Hills, Queens on Wednesday morning when Brown approached her from behind as she was walking up the street stairwell, police said.
Brown allegedly threw the victim on the steps after tackling her, placed his hand under her skirt, pulled down her tights, and attempted to rape her. However, Brown fled the scene after he saw a passerby.
Brown allegedly had crack in his possession when he was arrested, per
the Daily News citing police. Surveillance footage showing Brown present nearby the station before the attack reportedly aided the police in tracking him down.
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