Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the indictment of QUINCY BURKS, 30, for attempting to rape a woman on the Upper East Side on August 10, 2024. BURKS is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with Attempted Rape in the First Degree and Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.[1]
“As alleged, Quincy Burks tackled and sexually assaulted a young woman in a horrific late-night attack,” said District Attorney Bragg. “I am thankful for the doorman who intervened, our fellow New Yorkers who called 911, and the swift work of the NYPD.”
According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, BURKS followed the 19-year-old woman from Carl Schurz Park to East 90th Street near East End Avenue at approximately 1:00 a.m. on August 10, 2024. He threw her to the ground before pulling down her sweatpants and sexually assaulting her. A nearby doorman heard the woman screaming, grabbed a flashlight, and ran towards them. BURKS fled, and nearby residents called 911. He was arrested on August 12, 2024, following an investigation by the NYPD’s Manhattan Special Victims Squad.
Assistant D.A. Katelyn Colman is handling the prosecution of this case under the supervision of Assistant D.A. Maxine Rosenthal (Senior Counsel to the Special Victims Division), Assistant D.A.s Assistant Vanessa Puzio and Kaitlyn Flatley (Deputy Chiefs of the Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Bureau) and Executive Assistant D.A. Justin McNabney (Chief of the Special Victims Division). Paralegal Ella Penson and Analyst Rory Fleming are assisting with the case.
D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, in particular the Manhattan Special Victims Squad’s Detective Brittany Foy.
Defendant Information
QUINCY BURKS
Charges:
- Attempted Rape in the First Degree, a class C felony, one count
- Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a class D felony, one count
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[1] The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. All factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.