Man Sentenced to 32 Years to Life in Prison for Raping and Robbing Two Women in Separate Attacks at Gunpoint in East New York Park

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Thursday, September 24, 2026

Man Sentenced to 32 Years to Life in Prison for Raping and Robbing

Two Women in Separate Attacks at Gunpoint in East New York Park

Defendant Linked to Both Assaults Through DNA

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Brownsville man has been sentenced to 32 1/3 years to life in prison for raping and robbing two women in separate gunpoint attacks in an East New York park.

District Attorney Gonzalez said, "This defendant terrorized two women and subjected them to horrific sexual violence at gunpoint. Today's sentence reflects the seriousness of these crimes and ensures that this dangerous defendant will be kept off our streets. I commend the survivors for their courage in coming forward and testifying at trial."

The District Attorney identified the defendant as Marcus Collier, 24, of Brownsville, Brooklyn. He was sentenced today to 32 1/3 years to life in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Donald Leo. The defendant was convicted of predatory sexual assault, first-degree robbery, first-degree criminal sexual act, first-degree rape and third-degree robbery on May 1, 2026, following a jury trial.

The District Attorney said that, according to the evidence presented at trial, on October 11, 2021, at approximately 1 a.m., a 20-year-old woman had just left work and was walking on Louisiana Avenue adjacent to the Breukelen Ballfields in East New York when the defendant, wearing a mask, approached her from behind, placed his arm around her neck and forced her into the park. The defendant pointed a gun at the victim, stole her money and cellphone and forced her to perform a sex act before bringing her further into the park, assaulting her again and fleeing.

Furthermore, the District Attorney said, during the early morning hours of November 7, 2021, the defendant, again wearing a mask, approached a man and a 30-year-old woman who were sitting in a vehicle on Louisiana Avenue. Displaying what appeared to be a firearm, the defendant demanded the man's wallet and ordered the woman out of the vehicle. He directed the man to drive away and then forced the woman into the Breukelen Ballfields.

The defendant took the woman to a dark area of the park, where he raped her while threatening her with the gun. He then walked her through the neighborhood at gunpoint before releasing her. The victim was able to see the defendant's face when he removed his mask and later identified him in a photo array and at trial.

The defendant was conclusively linked to both sexual assaults through DNA evidence recovered from evidence collection kits administered to both victims and was arrested on November 10, 2021.

The District Attorney thanked Paralegal Supervisor Jennifer Hernandez of the District Attorney's Special Victims Bureau for her assistance with the case.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Daniel Newcombe, of the District Attorney's Special Victims Bureau, and Assistant District Attorney Sarah Lavy, also of the Special Victims Bureau, under the overall supervision of Assistant District Attorney Miss Gregory, Bureau Chief.

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