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East New York Park Rape Suspect Won't Face Charges: Sources

Prosecutors declined to pursue charges against Kenton​ Degale, accused of raping a woman in Linden Park Saturday morning, sources said.

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A woman said she was raped in East New York's Linden Park Saturday morning, police said. A suspect has since been arrested and released, sources said.
A woman said she was raped in East New York's Linden Park Saturday morning, police said. A suspect has since been arrested and released, sources said. (NYC Parks Department)

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn District Attorney's office declined to prosecute a man accused of raping a woman in an East New York Park last weekend, according to law enforcement sources.

Police arrested Kenton Degale, 31, on a rape charge Wednesday for allegedly attacking a 26-year-old woman he followed into Linden Park Saturday morning, the NYPD said.

But Degale will not immediately face those charges in court and has since been released, law enforcement sources said.

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The woman told police she was attacked by a man who tried to speak to her on Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard about 3 a.m. and was later treated at a nearby hospital, said police.

Degale turned himself into police, Brooklyn News 12 reported Wednesday, after police released video of a suspect in a nearby bodega.

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The Brooklyn District Attorney's office said in a statement, "The investigation into this case is undergoing."

The Daily News was first to report prosecutors' decision.

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