“New York — A man accused of raping three women in New York’s Central Park over the span of five years has been arrested in Florida, police announced Tuesday. Dereck Rivera-Deleon, 30, was taken into custody with the support of the US Marshals while working at a Burger King in Miami, the New York Police”, — write on: www.cnn.com
New York —
A man accused of raping three women in New York’s Central Park over the span of five years has been arrested in Florida, police announced Tuesday.
Dereck Rivera-Deleon, 30, was taken into custody with the support of the US Marshals while working at a Burger King in Miami, the New York Police Department said in a post on X.
He is accused of raping a woman in Central Park on October 24, 2026, and will also be charged with two rapes that occurred in the popular park in 2023 and 2021, police said.
DNA evidence and positive identification from victims connected Rivera-Deleon to the crimes, Miami Beach Police said in a news release obtained by CNN affiliate WPLG. Detectives determined he had recently arrived in South Florida, police said.