{"id":122392,"date":"2026-02-04T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122392\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:02:23","slug":"nyc-career-criminal-germaine-parham-arrested-for-rape-of-girl-14-in-stuyvesant-town-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122392\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC career criminal Germaine Parham arrested for rape of girl 14 in Stuyvesant Town Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A creep with a lengthy rap sheet was arrested Tuesday for raping a 14-year-old girl <\/a>in a Stuyvesant Town apartment building last week, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Germaine Parham, 33, was cuffed in upstate New York by members of the NYPD assigned to the US Marshals New York and New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force for the disturbing assault that unfolded in Manhattan\u2019s StuyTown village on the morning of Jan. 29, according to the NYPD and sources.<\/p>\n

Parham allegedly approached the teenage girl around 11:45 a.m. at the building located at First Avenue and First Avenue Loop in the private residential complex in the East Village and sexually assaulted her, police said.<\/p>\n

Germaine Parham is escorted out by law enforcement after his arrest in Manhattan on Feb. 3, 2026. FNTV<\/p>\n

He then swiped her cellphone and fled the scene. The 14-year-old girl was taken to the hospital for treatment, police added<\/p>\n

Parham has a long criminal history with over two dozen prior arrests as well as an outstanding bench warrant, according to sources. <\/p>\n

He was most recently nabbed on Jan. 8 for stealing roughly $1,835 worth of merchandise from a CVS in Midtown Manhattan. The case resulted in a bench warrant after he failed to return to court, sources said.<\/p>\n

He has multiple other arrests stemming from drugstore robberies across the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

The alleged rapist was sentenced in November 2025 to 30 days in jail for a knifepoint robbery at a CVS pharmacy in the Bronx, sources added.<\/p>\n

Parham has a long criminal history with over two dozen prior arrests as well as an outstanding bench warrant, according to sources. FNTV<\/p>\n

The alleged sexual assault happened at the building located at First Avenue and First Avenue Loop in the private residential complex in the East Village. Google maps<\/p>\n

Parham now faces a new laundry list of charges, including five counts of rape, robbery, attempted assault, predatory sexual assault, kidnapping, criminal possession of a weapon, and six counts of sexual abuse, authorities said. <\/p>\n

The StuyTown apartment complex where the terrifying attack occurred boasts its own public safety office staffed 24\/7 with multiple officers and \u201cworld-class amenities\u201d including multiple fitness centers, 15 playgrounds, and an ice rink \u2014 with rents for 1-bedroom apartments starting at a whopping $4,873, according to its website.<\/p>\n

The ritzy village administration sent out an update to residents after Parham\u2019s arrest, vowing to increase public safety patrols and building checks after the \u201cawful incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe just learned from the NYPD that they caught the suspect. We are grateful to the NYPD for their dedication and our ongoing partnership with the Department,\u201d StuyTown wrote in a memo obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this is a positive update, our community is still hurting, and we are angry over this awful incident. As parents and residents of StuyTown ourselves, many of whom raise children here and attend our local schools, this has deeply impacted all of us. We are heartbroken and share many of the emotions you are feeling,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The update promised \u201cconstant\u201d public safety patrols of the complex and the installation of call buttons to the community\u2019s public safety office at every building entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A creep with a lengthy rap sheet was arrested Tuesday for raping a 14-year-old girl in a Stuyvesant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3283,7624,75,84,83,57,9,24,63,3018,58],"class_list":["post-122392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-arrests","tag-east-village","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rape","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}