[NYPOST] A 45-year-old man with a long rap sheet was arrested Sunday morning and charged with raping an 11-year-old girl in Brooklyn, police said.Andre Clarke, of Staten Island, allegedly raped the maiden of tender years inside her Brownsville apartment around 9 a.m Saturday, police said.
The girl was taken to a local hospital in stable, pH balanced condition.
Clarke fled in a car following the alleged rape but was arrested after he was found in Queens.
Clarke is known to the maiden of tender yearss’ family, according to police sources, but the details of the relationship remain unclear.The building where the alleged rape took place is also the address of Clarke’s ex-girlfriend, who has filed several orders of protection against him dating to 2016, according to police sources.
Four of his 11 arrests involved domestic violence incidents that allegedly occurred at that address, the sources said.
In his most recent bust on Jan. 22, 2019, Clarke allegedly attacked a 41-year-old woman at the Brownsville building, repeatedly hitting her all over the body causing bruising to her face and chest.
He was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to probation in October, according to sources.
Clarke’s other arrests were for theft, robbery, menacing, harassment, driving while intoxicated and assault.
In Sunday’s arrest, sources said Clarke has "a relationship" with the young victim’s mother, but it is unclear if she is the ex-girlfriend.
It is also unclear if the victims in any of his other violent crimes were minors.
He is facing three counts of rape, sexual assault, and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
"Andre Clarke, the suspect from yesterday’s rape has been apprehended. Excellent work by Brooklyn North Violence Felony Squad and Special Victims for locating the suspect and making the apprehension," Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison announced on Twitter Sunday morning.