Man accused of raping 13-year-old girl in New York City was arrested with help from local residents

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the violent child sexual attack that has terrorized New York City's Queens community for days and shocked New Yorkers throughout the city, police said Tuesday.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the violent child sexual attack that has terrorized New York City's Queens community for days and shocked New Yorkers throughout the city, police said Tuesday.

The man, identified by police as Christian Inga, was taken into custody at 108th and Waldron Street, less than three miles from the park where officials allege he ambushed two 13-year-olds in a field after school Thursday, forced them into the woods at knifepoint and tied them up before sexually assaulting the girl.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a press conference on Tuesday that he entered the U.S. from Ecuador through Eagle Pass, Texas, on June 25, 2021. People living with him at a rooming house recognized him from the NYPD wanted posters.

Jeffrey Flores told NBC New York he recognized Inga after police released a sketch and video of him on a bike. Flores decided to take some friends to wait at a bodega on 108th and Waldon streets the suspect frequents for cigarettes and drinks. Another man said they waited for Inga for hours.

He eventually showed up in the middle of the night.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/suspected-child-rapist-arrested-queens-new-york-rcna157942

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