Rapist Surrenders as Second Victim Comes Forward, Police Say
(DNAINFO) Aidan Gardiner | November 30, 2015 — Eric Niles dragged a jogger to the East River Park Amphitheater and raped her, police said.
A man surrendered to police Saturday, three days after he groped one woman in the East River Park and then dragged a jogger by the hair to an amphitheater and raped her, police said.
Eric Niles, 28, first tried to strike up a conversation with a 56-year-old woman about 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 28 near Grand Street and FDR Drive, but then groped her and fled on a bike, NYPD officials said.