Police: Woman Raped By Driver After Flagging Down Vehicle In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police say a woman was raped by a driver she hailed in Brooklyn to take her home.

According to police, the 23-year-old woman flagged down a black Cadillac on Utica Avenue near Prospect Place in Crown Heights on Thursday morning.

Instead of taking her home, the man stopped the car outside a building in Williamsburg.

Investigators say the man then pressed a sharp object to her back, led her to the building’s basement and raped her.

“It’s scary, and I honestly feel, my parents live here, that we should be notified, especially if it’s a rapist,” neighbor Jashin Merced said.

“I hope they catch the guy and throw him under the jail,” one man said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital.

No arrests have been made. Police say it’s not clear if her attacker was a legitimate ride share or livery cab driver.

source https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/03/18/brooklyn-driver-woman-raped/