New York 1 reports that an Olympic athlete has confessed to raping five women in city parks, including Prospect Park, over the last four years.
Police arrested 30-year-old Alvin Henry of Springfield Gardens Sunday.
According to the Associated Press, Henry admitted to attacking two women in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
The former sprinter for Trinidad and Tobago’s national Olympic team
was brought in after police matched him to a composite sketch."It did have something to do with contact that this individual had
with a victim," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. "After he
victimized this young woman he did contact her, there was an exchange
of phone numbers."Henry faces several charges, including rape and sexual abuse.
The latest happened on June 15th in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, when
he allegedly raped a woman at gunpoint. Police say he managed to
separate the victim from a male friend.