Suspect of Attempted Rape on Lower East Side in Custody

Police took a suspect into custody Friday afternoon after a man attempted to rape a 21-year-old woman on the Lower East Side Wednesday.

Police have charged Sean Walker, 45, of Queens, with sexual abuse.

According to police, Walker took off his pants and underwear and laid on top of the woman at 3 a.m., who was unconscious and lying on the front stairs of a building near the corner of Suffolk and Stanton streets. The NYPD wouldn't release the exact location to protect the identity of the victim.

Walker tried to take off the woman's shorts, and a passerby saw, yelled at the suspect, and he ran away, the NYPD said.

The victim was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in stable condition. She was treated and released.

Officers described the suspect as a black man, 40 to 45 years old, 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-7, weighing 180 pounds with black hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and black pants.