A homeless man was arrested and charged in the beating, sexual assault and robbery of a woman in Chinatown, according to police.
Brandon Menley, 29, is charged with attempted murder, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and other related offenses.
According to police, Menley walked into a business on the 100 block of N. 9th Street Sunday morning. He then allegedly forced a 45-year-old woman into an office, struck her head multiple times, choked her and then sexually assaulted her.
He also robbed her of $600 before fleeing the scene on foot, according to authorities.
"Based on just his mannerisms of doing this it seems like it's something that he's used to doing," said Philadelphia Police Lieutenant John Stanford. "He may have done this before, whether it was in this city or some place else. It seemed like he was very comfortable doing this."
The victim was transported to Jefferson Hospital where she was treated for head lacerations which required five to six staples.
On Monday two patrol officers spotted Menley walking to a homeless shelter on Hamilton Street, about eight blocks away from where the attack took place.
He was taken to the Special Victim's Unit where he was questioned. He was then officially charged Monday night.
Sources tell NBC10 the suspect had run-ins with Menley twice before Sunday's incident. During one incident she threw him out of a building while she was working with a group of children.
