The New York City Police Department released this photo Wednesday in Central Park rape case. A suspect was arrested on Thursday.
- The attack occurred Wednesday while the 73-year-old victim was bird watching, police said
- The woman told police she exchanged words with man and he sexually assaulted her
- The woman was taken to an area hospital after passerby found her lying in the bushes
(CNN) -- Police said Thursday that they have arrested a man in the daytime rape of a 73-year-old woman in New York's Central Park.
The man, who was not identified, was charged with predatory sexual assault, rape, criminal sex act and robbery assault, according to a police statement.
Police said the attack occurred Wednesday while the victim was bird watching in the vicinity of 74th Street and Central Park West, also known as Strawberry Fields.
The woman told police they exchanged words and he sexually assaulted her.
He also stole some items, authorities said. The woman was taken to an area hospital after passerby Eric Ozawa found her lying in the bushes.
"I saw her face was badly beaten," Ozawa told CNN affiliate WABC. "She was swollen, her right eye was black, her forehead was swollen. ... She told me that she had been raped."
This is the first reported sexual assault in Central Park this year, according to police records. In 2011, two such attacks occurred.
"She was a victim of a terrible attack," Assistant Commissioner Paul Browne told the affiliate station.
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