Attempted rape of elderly woman leads to calls to end bail reform
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis held a conference Wednesday to call for an end to New York’s controversial bail reform law after an elderly woman was attacked in Bay Ridge.
The conference took place outside the apartment building on Marine Avenue and Ridge Boulevard where the attack took place.
According to authorities, on Thursday, Oct. 15 at around 9:30 a.m., the suspect, Mario Pope, allegedly attacked the woman inside the building’s laundry room. Pope was arrested later that day and charged with attempted rape, burglary, sex abuse, forcible touching and unlawful imprisonment.