The attack happened on Monday evening at 6 p.m. inside of a nail salon at West 36th Street and Broadway.
Police said that the man sexually assaulted and bit a 34-year-old woman while trying to rape her.
She was able to fight him off and she was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police arrested and charged Joseph Wichard, 35, with attempted rape and sex abuse on Monday, September 6.
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