{"id":665933,"date":"2026-03-19T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/665933\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:32:12","slug":"creep-allegedly-attempted-to-rape-84-year-old-in-nyc-park-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/665933\/","title":{"rendered":"Creep allegedly attempted to rape 84-year-old in NYC park bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 30-year-old Manhattan man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape an 84-year-old woman at a Lower East Side Park \u2014 one week after trying to kiss a stranger in the same neighborhood, authorities said. <\/p>\n

Ian Grandison allegedly barged into a restroom stall at Sara D. Roosevelt Park around 2:50 p.m. on March 11, forcing the octogenarian to the ground and yanking down her undergarments, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n

The alleged creep then took off his own pants and underwear before a heroic witness intervened, the complaint said. <\/p>\n

The good Samaritan dragged Grandison away from the battered victim and managed to take a picture of her alleged attacker as he fled the scene. <\/p>\n

\"StreetAn elderly woman was assaulted in a bathroom at Sara D. Roosevelt Park last Wednesday. Google Maps<\/p>\n

When police tracked down Grandison six hours later at his Tribeca apartment, they showed him that same photo, and he admitted, \u201cThat\u2019s me,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Locals and tourists enjoying the park Wednesday evening were on high alert.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking to hear, especially since it was in the middle of the day,\u201d Angie Brokaw, a 31-year-old tourist from Texas, told The Post.<\/p>\n

Brokaw added that news of the assault reminded her to buy pepper spray, noting that the errand was now \u201ca must.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI tend to think that, if I\u2019m out in a public place like a busy park, I\u2019m probably safe and maybe I\u2019m not on my guard as much as I should be,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Cay, a native New Yorker, refuses to leave his apartment without his trusty Taser.<\/p>\n

\"AIan Grandison, of Tribeca, allegedly attempted to rape the elderly victim. Google Maps<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is ridiculous. It\u2019s f\u2013king Gotham city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mackenzie Romig, a 26-year-old ceramics artist who lives in the neighborhood, told The Post that Sara D. Roosevelt Park \u201cis a little sketchy all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this area, but it\u2019s scary to hear stuff like [the assault],\u201d she said,<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally in the daytime, I feel safe walking around, but I\u2019m always trying to be vigilant,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Grandison is also accused of forcing himself onto another woman on the Lower East Side on March 4.<\/p>\n

He allegedly tailed the woman for five minutes before cornering her on Worth Street. He yanked her toward him and leaned in with his lips pursed while restraining her by her upper arms, according to the same complaint.<\/p>\n

The victim fled in a vehicle. She also took a picture of her assailant, seen wearing the same outfit as Grandison was during the purported assault in Sara D. Roosevelt Park.<\/p>\n

When Grandison was shown the picture, he told officers, \u201cThat\u2019s me when I just got out of Bellevue [Hospital],\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Grandison was charged with attempted rape, attempted sexual abuse, and stalking. He is being held on a $300,000 bond and is set to appear in court on April 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 30-year-old Manhattan man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape an 84-year-old woman at a Lower East…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":665934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,6528,5249,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,17258,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-665933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-lower-east-side","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nypd","19":"tag-sexual-assaults","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116253736785979938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}