Suspected Central Park rapist arrested while working at Miami fast-food restaurant
Authorities say 30-year-old Dereck Rivera-Deleon is accused of holding woman at knifepoint and raping her on Oct. 24.
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A man accused of raping multiple women inside Central Park was arrested Tuesday in Miami, according to the NYPD.
Authorities say 30-year-old Dereck Rivera-Deleon, of the Bronx, was working at a Burger King when officers took him into custody.
He is suspected of holding a 39-year-old woman at knifepoint and raping her on Oct. 24.
Police say he is also charged with two rapes that occurred in 2023 and 2021.
Rivera-Deleon was taken to a correctional facility in Florida, where he is being held pending extradition to New York.
