Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of CURTIS TUCKER, 46, to 15 years in prison for the vicious assault of a 15-year-old as she attempted to exit her apartment building in 2004. Although the defendant was not apprehended after the attack, his DNA was recovered from evidence at the scene, and was indicted as a "John Doe" case in January 2007. Following TUCKER's 2010 conviction for the unrelated burglary and assault of a 74-year-old man, his DNA was collected and added to the state's DNA databank, where it matched the attempted rape case. On April 21, 2010, the defendant pleaded guilty to Robbery in the First Degree and Attempted Rape in the First Degree. “DNA evidence solves crimes, and today’s sentence brings a small measure of justice to a young woman who was introduced to our criminal justice system far too early in her life,” said District Attorney Vance. “This case went unsolved for seven years, and took just three day...