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Queens, NY (77WABC)-The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help to provide further information about a Queens man under arrest for three sex-related crimes against three separate victims, including two teenagers, in Queens.
The suspect, 23-year-old Andres Portilla of 30-29 85th St. is charged with ten separate crimes in connection with the alleged rapes of two 15-year-old females and a 21-year-old woman. His arrest on Friday Jan. 6th follows an investigation by the NYPD Detective Bureau’s Special Victims Unit.
Police say the first attack in September of 2022, happened one minute after midnight near 85 Street and 31st Avenue, in which a 15-year-old female was raped. On Friday, December 16th 2022, at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon near Yellowstone Boulevard and 62nd Avenue, a 15-year-old female was raped.
In the third attack, at one minute after midnight on New Years Day, a 21-year-old woman was raped near Queens Plaza South and 27th Street.
Police have announced the following charges against Portilla; Rape, Assault, Grand Larceny, Kidnapping, Sexual Abuse, Criminal Sexual Act, Aggravated Sexual Abuse,
Unlawful Imprisonment, Acting in Manner Injurious to a Child and Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents or with information in regard to this defendant is asked to call the NYPD’s Rape Hotline at 212-267-7273 or the NYPD s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
