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Dec 23, 2005 11:02 pm US/Eastern

'Fake Firefighter' Braunstein Indicted

NEW YORK (AP) ― Peter Braunstein has been formally indicted on charges that he molested a woman in her Manhattan apartment in a
bizarre Halloween night attack that made the failed fashion writer New York's most wanted man. Prosecutor Maxine Rosenthal announced the indictment today at a court hearing attended by a disheveled-looking Braunstein. The knife wounds on his neck - the result of a suicide attempt when he was captured in Tennessee last week - were clearly visible.

Rosenthal said the grand jury had indicted Braunstein on charges of sex abuse, arson, burglary and robbery.

Braunstein's lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, asked the judge for a psychiatric examination to determine whether Braunstein was mentally fit to stand trial. The judge said he would leave that decision to the trial judge.

Another court date has been set for January 5th.

Braunstein allegedly posed as a New York firefighter on Halloween night and set two tiny blazes outside a 34-year-old
woman's apartment. With smoke filling the hallway, he allegedly pounded on the victim's door and announced he was from the "F-D-N-Y."

Police said he then bound the woman and molested her for more than 13 hours.

Braunstein then spent about six weeks on the lam. Last week, Braunstein was spotted on a Memphis campus by a woman who recognized him from media reports.

(© 2005 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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