Man Raped Teenage Girl On Long Island: Police

QUEENS, NY — A Queens man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl was arrested on Friday, Suffolk police said.

Andrew Ramsaroop, 30, met the girl on Snapchat earlier in the month, police said. Ramsaroop met up with the girl at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove on May 13, when he tried to have the girl and her friend get into his vehicle, but they refused, police said. Later that day, the girl met with Ramsaroop at a playground on Devonshire Road in Hauppauge, where Ramsaroop raped her, police said.

The girl told a school official, who called the police, police said.

Ramsaroop was arrested and charged with second-degree rape, second-degree criminal sexual act, and endangering the welfare of a child. He will be held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is set to be arraigned Saturday at First District Court in Central Islip.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or anonymously to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.