A woman scared off a man trying to rape her by throwing coffee in his face inside a Manhattan building Thursday morning, police said.
Victor Cueto, 38, was arrested Friday after he followed the 51-year-old woman into the vestibule of a building near Seaman Avenue and Academy Street in Inwood. He pushed her into the hallway and, while standing behind her, tried to pull her pants down, cops said.
The woman turned around, threw her cup of coffee into his face and yelled out for help, scaring him off, according to police.
Cueto ran out of the building but was later apprehended and charged with attempted rape, burglary and sexual abuse.
