Police Arrest Upper East Side Rape Suspect Jason Quinones
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police made an arrest in an alleged rape on the Upper East Side.
Jason Quinones, 21, is accused of breaking into a first-floor apartment on East 90th Street and raping a woman early Saturday morning. He's being held at the Special Victims Unit in Harlem, charged with rape and burglary.
Screaming from the woman's ground floor apartment on East 90th Street at at 5:15 a.m. left residents terrified.
"I'm just petrified. I'm scared for my life," neighbor Stephanie told CBS 2's Dave Carlin.
Stephanie said the commotion was in the unit right next door, on the other side her bedroom wall.
"It was loud. I heard it two times and I woke up cause I'm a light sleeper and I heard it two times," she said. "Yes, two screams."
Building Superintendent Ben Midulla said the victim lives alone and is from Texas.
"She's a very nice girl. I mean she just moved in and she's a sweetheart. I hope everything's fine with her, you know? When did she move in? Maybe a month ago not even," he said.
"He must have pulled the ladder down he must have had something that helped him go in there," Stephanie said.
Police checked the fire escape and ladder, and looked at surveillance video in buildings on the block and businesses at the Second Avenue intersection.
"It's a really, really friendly neighborhood. It's a bad thing that should happen to anyone," said Oliver Gomez, a doorman for a nearby building.
"You just have to be aware and just lock your windows," said resident Karlene Dormer.
"I'm probably gonna have my brother or boyfriend be with me at all times," Stephanie said.
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