NEW YORK, NY – 27-year-old Andres Portilla of Queens has been charged with three accounts of rape and a host of other related charges in connection with three known incidents that occurred dating back to September.
Portilla’s first victim was a 15-year-old girl who was raped in the area of 85th Street and 31st Avenue in Jackson Heights.
On December 16, Portilla was identified as the suspect in an attack on a second 15-year-old girl near a playground in the area of Yellowstone Boulevard and 62nd Avenue. She was also raped.
The third known attack occurred on New Year’s Day when a 21-year-old woman reported she was raped in the area of Plaza Street and 27th Street by a suspect matching Portilla’s description.
Police at this time are investigating to see if Portilla was involved in any unreported rapes or incident and are asking the public to assist in the investigation.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents or with information in regard to this defendant is asked to call the NYPD’s Rape Hotline at 212-267-7273 or the NYPD s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).