Man Who Attacked 3 Women On 3 Streets In 3 Hours On Thursday Now In Police Net

The suspected sex
fiend wanted for a spree of three attacks in three hours Thursday morning
across Lower Manhattan is in custody, authorities said Saturday.

Robert Bowie, 20,
was arrested around 1 a.m. Saturday on a slew of charges including rape,
robbery and burglary.

Bowie’s alleged
rampage culminated in the brutal rape of a 40-year-old woman inside her
apartment near the FDR Drive around 8:45 a.m. Thursday, police said.

He emerged from the
building’s stairwell and tried to strike up a conversation with the woman outside
her door before grabbing her and forcing his way into her apartment, cops said.
He then allegedly raped her.

The vicious attack
came roughly three hours after Bowie trailed a 33-year-old woman into her James
Street building, grabbed her and tried to rape and rob her, authorities said.
The gutsy woman fought back and her assailant ran off.

Then, around 7:40
a.m., Bowie accosted a 24-year-old woman inside her Broome Street building,
according to police.

He grabbed her by
the shoulders and snatched her ID, but lit out when she screamed for help, cops
said.

The rape victim was
treated at a local hospital and released.