Man sought in Central Park rapes arrested at Washington Avenue Burger King, police say

A 30-year-old man wanted in a string of rapes in New York’s Central Park was taken into custody Tuesday while working at a Burger King in the 1100 block of Washington Avenue in South Beach, across the street from Miami Beach Police headquarters, CBS Miami reported. Miami Beach Police confirmed the arrest to the station.

NYPD detectives assigned to a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force made the arrest with help from the Marshals’ Miami division and Miami Beach Police, according to an NYPD statement quoted by CBS Miami.

Police allege the man attacked a 39-year-old woman at knifepoint near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue on Oct. 24, NBC 6 reported. He is also expected to face charges in two earlier Central Park attacks, from October 2023 and July 2021, according to both outlets. Neither outlet reported formal charges filed as of Tuesday, and Red Sidewalks is not naming him until he is charged.

He was taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he is being held pending extradition to New York, CBS Miami reported. NBC 6 reported it was not clear when he would be returned to New York.

This is a developing story based on the two outlets’ reports and the police statements they cite.