The NYPD has captured a suspect in connection with the early morning rape of a Bay Ridge woman in her Fort Hamilton Pkwy home last week.
According to WABC and The Brooklyn Eagle, police apprehended 39-yr old Ralph DiMassi inside 653 Grand Ave. in Crown Heights.

Police say DiMassi is homeless and faces charges ranging from: first-degree rape, sex assault, burglary, robbery, first-degree assault, forcible touching, criminal trespass and unlawful imprisonment.

DiMassi allegedly beat the 49-yr old Bay Ridge woman with a screwdriver, then dragged her into a storage room where he sexually assaulted her while on her way to begin her daily commute.

DiMassi was apparently ratted out by a pal in Staten Island who said the suspect told him he did something ‘very bad to a woman.’

According to the Eagle, DiMassi has priors ranging from: robbery, grand larceny and petty larceny – at that time, he pleaded guilty to the top count and received a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.

NJ.com, and LehighValley.com report that DiMassi is also a suspect in a carjacking at the Pohatcong Plaza shopping center, near Phillipsburg, where he’s accused of forcing an Easton, Pa., woman into her car in the shopping center parking lot and telling her he needed a ride.

DiMassi was reportedly out on bail when he committed the attack.

(photo courtesy: WABC Channel7, NJ.com)