Police say that a 15-year-old girl is now in the hospital after she was assaulted early Tuesday morning.
The teenager was found by police with injuries to her head and taken to a local hospital by private means in stable condition, according to officials.
The attack happened just after 7:30 a.m. on Louis Nine Boulevard in Crotona Park East.
Police say they arrested 23-year-old Jeremiah White in connection to the assault.