Suffolk County Police arrested a Kings Park man on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a woman in Kings Park.
Police charged 23-year-old Luis Sanchez with rape in the first degree and two counts of a criminal sexual act.
Sanchez was arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip and is currently being held in the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead.
According to police, the woman was jogging on Marvin Drive on Tuesday around 6 a.m. when a man approached her, forced her into a nearby wooded area and sexually assaulted her. The assault is the second reported sexual attack in less than six months in Kings Park.
In early April, New York State Park Police reported that a 20-year-old woman was raped at Nissequogue River State Park. According to police the woman was walking on a bicycle path near Old Dock Road in the park on April 4 when she was attacked.
The police are asking anyone with information on this attack to call 854-8452.
