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The manager at a Bronx Walgreens came to a customer’s rescue, saving her from a man trying to rape her in the restroom, police sources said.
The attacker got away, but was seen on surveillance video and is being sought, sources said.
He tried to attack the 50-year-old victim inside the White Plains Road Walgreens, in Wakefield, on Thursday afternoon.
The woman entered the unisex bathroom at about 3:40 p.m., right after the suspect exited it.
When she was done and tried to leave, the suspect, waiting on the other side of the door, pushed her back inside, sources said.
“Get in,” he said, knocking her to the floor.
When she started screaming, he covered her mouth with one hand while shoving his hand down her pants with his other hand, sources said.
But her screams were loud enough to draw the attention of store manager David Aponte, sources said.
Aponte rushed into the bathroom and pulled the suspect off the woman.
The suspect then ran off.
And...Got Eeeem! (North Philly Accent)
Cops on Saturday nabbed the man they say tried to rape a customer in a Bronx Walgreens but was thwarted by the heroic efforts of the store's manager.
Victor Augustus, 28, was arrested Saturday around 1 a.m. after Special Victims Unit investigators canvassing the neighborhood found the homeless attacker a few blocks from the White Plains Road Walgreens, where he forced himself upon a woman leaving the store's restroom, police said...
...Augustus, who police said has multiple prior arrests, was charged with attempted rape, sexual abuse, forcible touching, assault and harassment. He was held on $100,000 bond, as prosecutors cited his prior arrests.
"This is the defendant's third arrest for sexual assault," assistant district attorney Mary Rebecca Clancy told the court. "The defendant has shown a disregard for court orders and has no current address. He has an open warrant for sexual abuse in he third degree."
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...aves-customer-rape-bathroom-article-1.3403547
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