Crime & Safety
Intruder Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Woman on Gates Avenue
Man, 20, charged with attacking woman as she slept.
A man who sexually assaulted a sleeping 30-year-old woman in her Clinton Hill home on Wednesday is now behind bars, police said.
Jose Chandler, 20, entered the woman's Gates Avenue residence through an open window at around 5:30 a.m. and sexually abused her while she was still asleep, according to police.
Chandler, a resident of Quincy Street in Brooklyn, was arrested on Thursday at 10 p.m., police said.
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A neighbor reported seeing a heavy police presence on the block for much of the day after the assault.
Chandler has been charged with aggravated sexual abuse, burglary, sex abuse, petit larceny and criminal trespass, according to police.
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