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Police are looking for 39-year-old Kashaan Parks. They believe Parks is the man who followed the 45-year-old woman put a belt around her neck then dragged her behind a car and raped her on May 1 around 3 a.m.
The police were not initially aware of the attack because the victim didn't report it.
The incident only came to light when the woman was arrested for petty larceny.
Authorities suspect the assault stemmed from a conversation about exchanging sex for money, which didn't happen.
REPORT:
There have been 511 rapes and an uptick in other sex crimes citywide so far in 2024, according to the latest NYPD data.
The most rapes this year were reported in Brooklyn (149), followed by 141 in the Bronx, and 114 in Queens, police said.
There have been 1,715 reported sex crimes through May 5, compared to 1,684 in the same time last year, according to the stats.