Wednesday 11 May 2022 07:50 PM Man 'rapes and robs woman at knifepoint' in Bronx elevator days after Mayor ... trends now
Shocking surveillance footage captures the moment a man robbed a woman at knifepoint in the elevator of her Bronx apartment before raping her.
On Monday night an unidentified masked man followed 40-year-old woman into her Bronx apartment building at around 10pm, entering the elevator with her, police said.
Once inside the elevator the man is captured pushing a button before he starts talking to the woman, cornering her while wielding a knife in her direction.
The elevator stops at the second floor, and the man looks directly into the surveillance camera before robbing the woman who seems to hand the suspect her wallet. Police said the suspect stole $112 from from the woman.
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The man looks directly into the surveillance camera and is captured robbing the woman who seems to hand the suspect her wallet
On Monday night an unidentified masked man followed 40-year-old woman into her Bronx apartment building, entering the elevator with her, police said
As the elevator is stopped at the second floor the suspect checks that no one is waiting outside the closed exterior door and then pulls out, and rips open a condom and proceeds to rape the woman before fleeing, police said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment and police are still searching for the suspect.
It is yet another shocking incidence of crime in the rotten Big Apple where rape, assault and robbery have all soared.
Yet, on the same evening as the harrowing rape of a woman at her own apartment building, New York City's party-loving Mayor Adams was rubbing shoulders with celebrities at a star-studded fundraiser which included the likes of Jeff Bezos.
Comedian John Mulaney, the night's entertainment at the Robin Hood Foundation's annual benefit gala at the Javits Center in midtown Manhattan, ripped into Adams, 61.
The Grammy-winning comic took aim at the mayor's reputation as a jet-setting party boy, joking that he traveled so much he didn't live in NYC.
'I love Mayor Adams. He's done so much good for the city that he's thinking of moving here,' Mulaney quipped.
Last week, the mayor has left his crime-plagued city to hobnob with billionaires and comedians on the West Coast .
The cop-turned-politician flew to Los Angeles last weekend for a three-day jaunt in Tinsel Town, he says, to drum up positive press and business for the Big Apple.
During his trip, which included catching Dave Chappelle's show at the Hollywood Bowl, he was seen at a dinner at the hyper-cool, members-only San Vincente Bungalows hosted by top Hollywood agent Cade Hudson, according to Page Six.
A source told Page Six that the soiree was 'to welcome the mayor to L.A.'
Mayor Adams has become know for his taste for the nightlife. He's seen here stepping out at Manhattan's members-only club Zero Bond
Critics say the arrest is the wrong approach to reduce crime in New York City, which is up by 41.26 percent from last year
Meanwhile, crime continues to rise across the Big Apple despite Adams' promises to crack down on the already surging numbers under predecessor Bill de Blasio.
