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04-10-2004, 11:27 PM
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Police Make Arrest in NYC Hospital Rape
By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - A police officer's eye for detail led to an arrest in the
rape of a 13-year-old girl who was lured from her hospital bed and
assaulted in a nearby conference room, police said Saturday.
The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Hector Ramirez, was arrested at
Bellevue Hospital Center hours after the attack when he stopped by to
visit another patient — his wife, said Deputy Inspector Susan Morley,
head of the special victims division. He was charged with rape and
assault.
The attack occurred Friday morning, when a man entered the girl's room
and began reading the medical charts, police said.
Police believe the girl, who was awaiting eye surgery, left the room
with the man because she thought he was a hospital employee.
Ramirez was arrested after a police officer heard a description of the
assailant on a news report and made a link with a case from earlier in
the day, Morley said.
Officer George Wolform had helped remove an emotionally disturbed
woman who had jumped onto subway tracks early Friday, taking her to
Bellevue for observation, Morley said.
Wolform had talked to the woman's husband, and found his description
similar to the description of the rape suspect. Wolform then
questioned the man after finding him visiting his wife, police said.
When police arrested Ramirez on Friday night, he had scratches on his
face, Morley said. The victim said she believed she had scratched her
attacker.
Ramirez is on parole on a burglary charge, Morley said.
The teen victim was transferred to another facility Saturday, where
she remained in stable condition, said Kate McGrath, a spokeswoman for
the city Health and Hospitals Corp.
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Police Make Arrest in NYC Hospital Rape
By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - A police officer's eye for detail led to an arrest in the
rape of a 13-year-old girl who was lured from her hospital bed and
assaulted in a nearby conference room, police said Saturday.
The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Hector Ramirez, was arrested at
Bellevue Hospital Center hours after the attack when he stopped by to
visit another patient — his wife, said Deputy Inspector Susan Morley,
head of the special victims division. He was charged with rape and
assault.
The attack occurred Friday morning, when a man entered the girl's room
and began reading the medical charts, police said.
Police believe the girl, who was awaiting eye surgery, left the room
with the man because she thought he was a hospital employee.
Ramirez was arrested after a police officer heard a description of the
assailant on a news report and made a link with a case from earlier in
the day, Morley said.
Officer George Wolform had helped remove an emotionally disturbed
woman who had jumped onto subway tracks early Friday, taking her to
Bellevue for observation, Morley said.
Wolform had talked to the woman's husband, and found his description
similar to the description of the rape suspect. Wolform then
questioned the man after finding him visiting his wife, police said.
When police arrested Ramirez on Friday night, he had scratches on his
face, Morley said. The victim said she believed she had scratched her
attacker.
Ramirez is on parole on a burglary charge, Morley said.
The teen victim was transferred to another facility Saturday, where
she remained in stable condition, said Kate McGrath, a spokeswoman for
the city Health and Hospitals Corp.
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