Central Park Rapist Caught On Camera, Police Say

HARLEM, NEW YORK — Police released surveillance images of a man they say raped a woman in Central Park after he’d offered to walk her home.

The 35-year-old woman was in the park near the corner of West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday when the man told her he'd escort her home, police said.

Instead, he whipped out a knife, hit and raped the woman, then stole her purse and fled, said police.

Police describe the man as in his early 30s with black hair, weighing about 190 pounds and wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, a backpack, tan pants and brown shoes.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

Photos courtesy of the NYPD