MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A man sought in an Oct. 24 sexual assault in New York City’s Central Park was taken into custody Tuesday in Miami Beach, where he was working at a fast-food restaurant, law enforcement officials said.
Dereck Rivera-Deleon, 30, was picked up on the 1100 block of Washington Avenue by a fugitive task force made up of New York police detectives assigned to the U.S. Marshals, Marshals units in Florida and Miami Beach police, federal officials said.
New York police said he is accused of raping a 39-year-old woman in the park last month and will also face charges in two earlier sexual assaults in the park, in 2021 and 2023.
Miami Beach police said he had held the job for under two weeks and described him as homeless. The restaurant chain confirmed in a statement that he no longer works there. Miami Beach police also released body-camera footage showing officers ordering him to the ground at gunpoint. He was booked into the main Miami-Dade County jail to await extradition to New York.
Investigators are also checking whether he may be linked to other attacks in both Miami and New York.
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