A New York City rape suspect has been arrested in Nashville.
WKRN News 2 reported the arrest Friday. The station’s headline, “NYC rape suspect arrested in Nashville,” is easy to mix up with a different case already in national coverage: a man accused in Central Park rapes who was arrested in Miami, not Nashville.
That Miami arrest is a separate matter. CNN reported that Dereck Rivera-Deleon, 30, was taken into custody with the support of the U.S. Marshals while working at a Burger King in Miami. New York police said he is accused of raping a woman in Central Park on October 24 and would also be charged with rapes there in 2023 and 2021. Miami Beach police said DNA evidence and identifications by victims connected him to those crimes.
In the same report, CNN said overall crime in New York City has been trending down, while reported rapes increased 3.7% year to date, according to the NYPD. That figure is a citywide tally of reports. It does not describe the Nashville arrest WKRN reported Friday.
