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Bronx Man Arrested in Miami Beach on Warrants for Three Central Park Rapes
Dereck Rivera-Deleon, 30, was taken into custody Tuesday while working at a Miami Beach Burger King, accused of three sexual assaults in Central Park dating back to 2021, including a knife-point attack in October.
MIAMI BEACH â A 30-year-old Bronx man is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an out-of-state fugitive warrant after his arrest Tuesday in connection with three sexual assaults in New York City's Central Park, including one that occurred just weeks ago.
Dereck Rivera-Deleon was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Miami Beach police while he was working at a Burger King in Miami Beach, according to jail records. He is accused of dragging a woman at knife-point into a wooded area of Central Park in October and raping her, authorities said.
Investigators also charged Rivera-Deleon with two additional rapes in Central Park â one in 2023 and another in 2021. It was not immediately clear how long he had been in South Florida after the most recent alleged attack.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Rivera-Deleon remained jailed on the fugitive warrant. The case highlights the reach of cross-jurisdictional law enforcement cooperation, with federal marshals and local police working together to apprehend a suspect wanted in another state.
No further details about the suspect's employment or the circumstances of his arrest were released. The investigation is ongoing.