Homeless sex offender busted in attempted rape on NYC train: cops

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Homeless sex offender busted in attempted rape on NYC train: cops

Sinke Zewge was arrested eight weeks after he allegedly approached the 40-year-old victim on a northbound C train, pulling into the last stop at 168th Street in Washington Heights Aug. 3.

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Homeless sex offender busted in attempted rape on NYC train: cops​

By
Amanda Woods


September 28, 2021 2:16pm
Updated

Sinke Zewge was arrested about eight weeks after an attempted rape on a northbound C train. NYPD

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Cops busted a homeless sex offender in connection to an attempted rape on a Manhattan subway train last month, authorities said.
Sinke Zewge, 39, was arrested around noon Monday — about eight weeks after he allegedly approached the 40-year-old victim on a northbound C train, pulling into the last stop at 168th Street in Washington Heights Aug. 3, police said.
He demanded money from the victim before he slammed her into the train car seats and strangled her until she temporarily lost consciousness in the 9:45 p.m. attack, cops said.
He then placed his hands inside her bra and attempted to rape her, police said.
When the train arrived at the station, the sicko allegedly dragged the woman onto the platform before taking off.
Zewge was charged with attempted rape, robbery, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal obstruction of breathing, cops said.
According to police, Sinke Zewge demanded money from the victim before he slammed her into the train car seats, strangled her until she temporarily lost consciousness, then attempted to rape her.NYPD
He is listed as a Level 2 sex offender in connection to the June 2010 attempted rape of a 22-year-old woman, records show.
He was convicted in 2011 and released on parole in 2017, according to state correction records.
Zewge’s post-release supervision is set to end in June of 2022.
Sinke Zewge is listed as a Level 2 sex offender in connection to the June 2010 attempted rape of a 22-year-old woman.NYPD
“Thanks again to the Fugitive Enforcement Team for locating this level 2 sex offender parolee wanted by the Transit Special Victims Squad for an attempted rape back in August,” the NYPD’s Special Victims Division tweeted. “Relentless investigation together keeping our subways safe.”