Off-duty FDNY medic accused of raping 10-year-old girl

Published on: March 5, 2018

An off-duty New York City Fire Department medic is accused of strangling and raping a child
The alleged attack happened early Sunday at her home in Queens, police say
The child reported the alleged attack to police around 4:20am on Sunday
Frantz Petion has been charged with strangulation and child endangerment
A new statement by the medic’s mother, Sarah, suggests her son was ‘set up’

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 00:27 GMT, 5 March 2018 | Updated: 05:41 GMT, 5 March 2018

A New York City Fire Department medic was arrested and charged after he allegedly strangled and raped a child.

Police have identified Frantz Petion, 25, as the medic who allegedly attacked on a 10-year-old girl in Queens Sunday morning while off-duty, the New York Daily News reported.

According to the report, Petion was a family friend who was in the home located on 202nd Street at the time of the alleged attack.

Frantz Petion, 25, is the off-duty FDNY medic who is accused of strangling and raping a 10-year-old girl in Queens

Frantz Petion, 25, is the off-duty FDNY medic who is accused of strangling and raping a 10-year-old girl in Queens

The FDNY medic allegedly attacked the child in her sleep at 202nd Street in Queens early Sunday

The FDNY medic allegedly attacked the child in her sleep at 202nd Street in Queens early Sunday

The child had been sleeping in the attic at the time he ‘grabbed her by the throat and raped her,’ the Daily News reported.

The child called police to report the alleged attack around 3:15am. Petion was arrested immediately after.

Petion has been charged with strangulation and child endangerment.

A new statement released by the medic’s mother, Sarah Petion, 55, suggests her son may have been ‘set up’.

The mother said her son had been partying with friends when he went upstairs to use the restroom and saw the sobbing child.

‘A whole bunch of guys came in and attacked him,’ his mother said in a statement, according to the Daily News.

‘He said he didn’t do anything to the girl. He looked at her and asked her if she’s all right. They didn’t want to hear nothing. They just attacked him.’

Further investigation is currently underway.