New York City police arrested a Crips gang member and parolee for raping and assaulting a 70-year-old woman in the stairwell of her Bronx apartment earlier this summer.
Reginald Bellot, 28, allegedly cornered the victim, forcing her into the stairwell, and raped her at gunpoint.
Police used surveillance camera footage to track and identify the suspect.
Bellot, a known Crips gang member, was on parole for a robbery charge at the time of the attack.
It was not immediately known why Bellot was granted parole, but he had been released on February 25 this year after becoming eligible earlier that month.
He had been serving time for a 2018 conviction on attempted robbery and prison contraband charges, and was initially due for release in February, 2023, according to Department of Corrections and Community Supervision records.
Bellot was arrested Tuesday and charged with rape, strangulation, predatory sexual assault, criminal sex act, menacing and unlawful imprisonment, the Daily News reported. He remains held without bail in Westchester County Jail.
Reginald Bellot, 28, (pictured) was arrested and charged Tuesday after he allegedly raped and assaulted a 70-year-old woman in the stairwell of her Bronx apartment earlier this summer
Bellot was charged with rape, strangulation, predatory sexual assault, criminal sex act, menacing and unlawful imprisonment. He was reportedly on parole at the time of the attack
According to the NYPD, the sexual assault took place at around 2am on July 27 in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx.
The elderly victim was entering her apartment building when she was approached from behind by Bellot, who was wearing two plastic masks - a red one and a black one - on his face.
Bellot then pulled out a silver handgun, forced the woman into a stairwell and
