A man suspected in the Oct. 17 rape of a woman in a Flushing, Queens store and the robbery of nearby massage parlor early Saturday morning was arrested Saturday in Great Neck by Nassau County Police.
Zhordrack Blodywon, 40, entered a Great Neck massage parlor on Northern Boulevard Saturday afternoon, and an employee of the parlor called police after recognizing Blodywon from an earlier NYPD media release.
Blodywon attempted to flee on a bus, but Nassau County officers canvassed the area, located the bus and made the arrest, according to the NYPD.
Blodywon was charged with rape, robbery and criminal possession of stolen property, according to a New York Police Department press release.
Blodywon allegedly entered a business Union Street in Flushing at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 17 and sexually assaulted a 55-year-old woman, who was transported to New York Hospital in Queens and listed in stable condition.
Early Saturday morning, Blodywon allegedly robbed the neighboring Butterfly Massage Parlor on Union Street, taking two cell phones before fleeing the premesis. The victim, a 42-year-old woman, told police that Blodywon was carrying a gun, police said.
According to police, Blodywon entered the Great Neck massage parlor at 1:10 p.m., after which the employee’s tip led to Blodywon’s arrest.
Officers found a BB gun and a hunting knife in Blodywon’s possession, according to the NYPD’s release.
The NYPD also links Blodywon’s two alleged crimes to a rape pattern that includes an Aug.17 assault at a West Village massage parlor. In that attack, which is still under investigation, police say a man entered a business identified in media reports as the Body Work massage parlor and beat a 41 year old woman unconscious before sexually assaulting her and taking property not identified in the NYPD’s release.
Blodywon has not been charged in connection with that assault.
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