{"id":380866,"date":"2026-10-23T16:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380866\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:10:50","slug":"bronx-suspect-wanted-for-rape-robbery-of-woman-during-rendezvous-in-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380866\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx suspect wanted for rape, robbery of woman during rendezvous in home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"839\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792771850_257_2768-26-Rape-44-Pct-9-29-26-Photo.jpg\" class=\"crop-top no-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"suspect in Bronx rape case\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx suspect wanted for rape, robbery of woman during rendezvous in home 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police want to talk to Ajene Nelson, 24, who is being sought in connection with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman inside a home near the corner of Jerome Avenue and Marcy Place in the Bronx at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> are looking to track down the suspect who raped and robbed a woman last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police want to talk to Ajene Nelson, 24, who is being sought in connection with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman inside a home near the corner of Jerome Avenue and Marcy Place in Mount Eden at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said Nelson and the victim were acquaintances and appeared to be in some relationship when the attack occurred.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement sources, the suspect raped the victim at the location, then stole her cellphone, which is valued at around $1,000.\n<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd44pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">44th Precinct<\/a>. EMS rushed the woman to Lincoln Hospital for treatment; she was listed in stable condition.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Police sources said Nelson has three prior arrests on his record, including a collar for shoplifting in the confines of the 79th Precinct in Brooklyn back on Aug. 26 of this year. He was also picked up in April 2022 in Brooklyn\u2019s 77th Precinct for a domestic burglary, and he was arrested again in May 2025 for violating a court order of protection in Manhattan\u2019s 25th Precinct.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding Nelson\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips.<\/a> All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police want to talk to Ajene Nelson, 24, who is being sought in connection with sexually assaulting a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[38980,139590,128,4452,784,67222,1975,139591,12026,9,24,790,63,103,6399,139592,1690,103317,129,131,130,24423],"class_list":["post-380866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-44th-precinct","tag-ajene-nelson","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-crime","tag-crime-stoppers","tag-jerome-avenue","tag-lincoln-hospital","tag-marcy-place","tag-mount-eden","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-crime","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police-investigation","tag-rape-suspect","tag-robbery","tag-sexual-assault-investigation","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-wanted-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380866","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=380866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}