Carl Phanor: Man who raped jogger and choked her so hard her neck bones broke committed 2 similar assaults
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Police say a 43-year-old woman reported being raped while jogging along Manhattan's West Side Highway on Thursday morning, November 2. According to the New York Police Department, the woman claimed that at 5:30 am, a man grabbed her from behind, choked her, and knocked her to the ground as she was out for a jog near Pier 45. According to authorities, she claimed that he sexually assaulted her, took her phone and wallet, and then escaped on foot.
According to the New York Post, police reported the arrest of 29-year-old Carl Phanor in connection with the rape of the jogger. Phanor is accused of two similar assaults in the last 9 months. Prosecutors and sources said his latest victim is a tourist who was choked so hard, several bones broke in her neck.
"The victim from yesterday currently remains in the ICU receiving treatment for several bone fractures, and she was choked to the point of losing consciousness,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Lauren Breen told the judge during a hearing.
Phanor is also accused of raping another woman on March 27 in an almost identical setting. Police added that Phanor has also been charged in connection with a third incident where a woman who was attacked on Manhattan's East Side. He is accused of predatory sexual assault, criminal sex act, strangling, grand larceny, robbery, and sexual assault with a sexual motive. Law enforcement sources stated that the suspect was captured after using the victim's credit card in a Midtown Manhattan Target shop.
