2nd Suspect Arrested in Pair of Sexual Assaults on Woman: NYPD

Police have arrested the second suspect wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a pair of attacks about an hour apart in Brooklyn late last month. 

The 21-year-old suspect from Brooklyn has been charged with a criminal sex act, police say.

The first suspect, a 17-year-old boy also from Brooklyn, was arrested over the weekend on robbery, criminal sex act and other charges.

The woman was assaulted by the two men in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Aug. 31, according to police. She was approached by the first suspect on Gates Avenue at about 5 a.m. and forced to the ground before she was assaulted. 

The second suspect approached her on Irving Place, about a block away, an hour later. He also allegedly pushed the woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

Both men threatened to use a gun during the attacks, but didn’t show one, police say. 

It doesn't appear the suspects knew one another, but police say they're still investigating. 

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