{"id":279822,"date":"2026-06-27T12:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279822\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:51:11","slug":"police-man-sought-in-rape-of-13-year-old-in-bronxs-van-cortlandt-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279822\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Man sought in rape of 13-year-old in Bronx&#8217;s Van Cortlandt Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marcus Solis Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/13204957_wabc-2023-marcussolis.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 27, 2026 12:32PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC7 New York 24\/7 Eyewitness News Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">RIVERDALE, Bronx (WABC) &#8212; Police are searching for a man they say raped a 13-year-old girl in Van Cortlandt Park and are asking for the public&#8217;s help to identify him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators say the attack happened Tuesday, June 23 at about 10 p.m. Authorities say the girl was on a northbound Bx9 bus when an unknown man approached her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say the suspect got off the bus with the victim near Broadway and West 261st Street, then grabbed her and dragged her into a wooded area inside the park, where she was sexually assaulted. He then fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim was taken by EMS to a nearby hospital and is listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The NYPD says images of the suspect are available and is urging anyone who recognizes him or has information about the case to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD&#8217;s Sex Crimes Hotline at 1-212-267-7273 or 646-610-7272, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online at Crime Stoppers or via X @NYPDTips. All calls are confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, June 27, 2026 12:32PM RIVERDALE, Bronx (WABC) &#8212; Police are searching for a man they say raped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[107438,128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-279822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-107438","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279822","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=279822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}