33-year-old Yahiness Holden was cuffed after he was found lying on a northbound E train near Kew Gardens at around 9:18 a.m. on Saturday. He has been charged with attempted rape.
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A homeless fiend with a lengthy rap sheet has been arrested and charged with attempting to rape an 84-year-old woman inside her Inwood home, authorities said.
According to police sources, 33-year-old Yahiness Holden was cuffed after he was found lying on a northbound E train near Kew Gardens at around 9:18 a.m. on Saturday. He allegedly attempted to give cops a false name but was ultimately taken into custody for the horrendous Oct. 26 attack.
Cops say Holden allegedly followed the 84-year-old into her apartment building near Vermilyea Avenue and West 204th Street just before 9 a.m. Once she entered her apartment, he attempted to force his way inside and expose himself.
“Do you want this?” he allegedly asked the victim while showing her his genitals.
The senior managed to fight off her attacker by slamming the door on him. She suffered minor injuries to her hands and was treated at the scene by EMS.
After being picked up in Queens, Holden was transferred to Manhattan’s 5th Precinct, where he was questioned by the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit.
Holden was walked out of the stationhouse in handcuffs by investigators but refused to answer amNewYork’s questions regarding the sexual assault.
Holden is no stranger to law enforcement, with a whopping 17 arrests on his record. On Jan. 9, 2025, he was arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of a 48-year-old woman inside a Bronx bodega the previous October.
On Feb. 12, he was arrested at the 42nd Street station for allegedly punching a 38-year-old man as he exited an A train in an unprovoked attack. Later that day, he was arrested again — this time for allegedly attacking another prisoner inside the holding cells of Transit District 1 after telling the man not to sit on a bench because it was “his turf.”
In the latest case, Holden has been charged with attempted rape, assault, stalking, attempted sexual abuse, and two counts of burglary.
