Man Convicted of Three Sexual Assaults in East Village

A man was convicted Wednesday of three separate incidents of sexual assault in the East Village over a span of only five months in 2014, a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said.

The defendant, 28-year-old Long Island man Juan Scott, pleaded to two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and a sexually motivated felony in the first degree, according to the statement.

He is set to be sentenced on Sept. 6, 2016.

"Juan Scott sexually assaulted three young women in their East Village homes over a span of only five months," Vance said. "Sexual predators are often repeat offenders, which is one of the reasons why the $38 million initiative to fund the testing of backlogged rape kits across the country will solve hundreds, if not thousands, of crimes across the country and here in New York State. We know that the results of this testing will take offenders off the streets and prevent future sexual assaults by repeat attackers before they occur."

Scott committed three separate assaults:

On June 2, 2014, Scott followed a 23-year-old woman he didn't know into her apartment building in the East Village, sexually assaulted her, and fled.

On Sept. 21, 2014, Scott and a woman he had dated fought and he pushed her onto her bed and slammed her head against a wall.

On Oct. 17, 2014, Scott followed a different woman he didn't know onto the elevator in her East Village apartment building, pushed her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

After the NYPD released a clip of the surveillance video of the last incident, an anonymous tipster told Crime Stoppers Scott was the perpetrator. The police then tracked him to his parents' house in Long Island, the DA statement said.

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