The 18-year-old man wanted in connection with the rape of an 82-year-old woman in Brooklyn was taken into custody early Friday after officers tracked him through a new cellphone he had obtained since the incident, authorities said.
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Robert was allegedly looking for money and jewelry and, WABC 7 reports, “open[ed] and scatter[ed] her late husband’s Tefillin, which are sacred religious items used during prayer”. His victim was sweeping outside when he entered her home without her noticing and waited inside her bedroom before he attacked, reported by NYPD.
“They chased him earlier”, said witness Joshua Hudson. When she returned, Roberts held her at knife-point and demanded money for several hours before raping her, as stated by investigators.
Fearing for her life, police said the woman offered to cook for Roberts, but he instead became more violent, ransacking her dresser drawers for valuables.
The victim reportedly knew Robert; a relative said, “He would kill her. She treated him like a grandson, and then he raped her right before he left”. No charges have been made on Robert pending further investigation.
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Investigators arrested Roberts at an apartment on Putnam Avenue after he jumped two stories out the window of the apartment of a female acquaintance, police sources told CBS2.
