Police identify suspect wanted for raping jogger in Lower East Side park

Friday, November 27, 2015
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police have identified a suspect in the rape of a 26-year-old jogger in East River Park on the Lower East Side Wednesday night.

Police are searching for 28-year-old Paul Niles.

The woman was attacked in the park, near Jackson Street, at around 7:30 p.m.

He is wanted for targeting the woman as was jogging along the footpath when he allegedly approached her and tried to engage her and then attacked, police say.
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Cops say he raped her and fled the scene on a bicycle.

The woman was bruised and scraped and taken to Beth Israel Medical Center in stable condition.



He fled the scene on a bicycle.

Police also released surveillance video of the suspect from inside a store around the time of the attack.

Police scoured the scene but no arrests were made.
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