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Estarling Cabral Martinez arrested in Upper West Side attempted rape

Police arrest, charge suspect in NYC sex crime pattern
Police arrest, charge suspect in NYC sex crime pattern 00:35

NEW YORK -- Police say they have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to an attempted rape in Manhattan.

Charges are pending in a second attempted rape in Brooklyn.

READ MORE: NYPD: Same man wanted for attempted rapes in Brooklyn, Manhattan

Estarling Cabral Martinez surrendered to police Thursday night with his attorney.

He's currently charged in a sexual assault on the Upper West Side on July 20. Police say he forcibly grabbed a woman and tried to rape her.

Martinez is also suspected in an attack on a different woman at the Carroll Street subway station in Carroll Gardens on July 23. Charges are still pending in that attack.

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