NYC man charged with raping 15-year-old he met online: DA
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A 24-year-old man from the Bronx is facing serious allegations after reportedly enticing a 15-year-old girl he met online to come to his apartment, where he is accused of sexually assaulting her multiple times. This incident comes less than two years after he faced similar accusations, according to prosecutors.

William Credle is alleged to have contacted the young victim through Instagram and arranged for a Lyft to transport her from New Jersey to his residence in the Belmont area. Once there, prosecutors claim he physically assaulted and repeatedly raped the teenager.

In court, Bronx prosecutor Nicole Beachboard detailed the alleged incident, stating, “Upon her arrival, the defendant led the complainant to his apartment, took her to his bedroom, and put away his firearm. He then forcibly pushed her onto the bed, removed both his and her underwear, and proceeded to assault her while she pleaded, ‘No’ and ‘Stop.'”


Mugshot of William Credle, a 24-year-old male with a beard.
William Credle, 24, is charged with luring a 15-year-old girl to his Bronx apartment and raping her. DCPI

Beachboard further explained that Credle allegedly coerced the victim into smoking marijuana and consuming a drink from a Snapple bottle, which she described as tasting like orange soda with an unusual aftertaste.

The victim reportedly felt “woozy, dizzy, tired, and nauseous” after consuming the substance, according to the prosecutor’s statement.

She said Credle allegedly molested the teen several times throughout the night after hiding her tablet — her only means of communication — with the girl repeatedly pleading, “I want to go home.”

Prosecutors said it wasn’t the first time the monster allegedly pulled off a sick attack on a minor. Credle pleaded guilty in April last year to sexual misconduct and sex abuse in a hauntingly similar attack in 2023.

“The defendant, then 21 years old, sent an Uber to a 14-year-old girl, who was transported by Uber to his apartment and he forced her to engage in anal and vaginal sex,” Beachboard said Thursday.

“The complainant alleged that he had drugs and a gun in his apartment.”

The alleged serial rapist was then stunningly released on the condition that he seek mental health and rehabilitative treatment.


A general view of the Bronx Criminal Court building at 215 East 161st Street in the Bronx, NY.
Wiliam Credle was arraigned on rape and assault charges in Bronx Criminal Court on Thursday and held on bail. Christopher Sadowski

Credle, who has a history of arrests for violent assault, had also previously skipped out on court appearances four times.

According to law enforcement sources, he was busted on April 26, 2022, for allegedly threatening his 36-year-old mother with a knife, and was arrested a year earlier on charges that he tried to strangle his 13-year-old brother in the family’s Bronx apartment.

On Sept. 21, 2021, he was charged with assault for allegedly punching his mom, who was 35 at the time, in the head, the sources said.

On Thursday, Judge Harold Bahr ordered Credle held on $50,000 bail — despite a request from the DA’s office that he be locked up on $200,000 bail — pending a return court date on Nov. 18.

Meanwhile, Crede’s lawyer, Abigail Bazin, argued that he was not a flight risk — just mentally ill.

“Mr. Credle does not pose a risk of flight to avoid prosecution,” Bazin told the judge. “I am aware of the failures to appear on his record and the warrants before your honor, and the reason he has missed court in the past is not because he’s fleeing prosecution but because he’s exceedingly mentally ill.”

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