text: A homeless convicted sex-offender screamed, 'I'm going to rape you!' before attacking a woman in a Manhattan bar, according to a criminal complaint. Rodney Stover, 48, was arraigned on Thursday for rape, predatory sex assault and other charges for last Saturday's attack in the bathroom at the Turnmill Bar on East 27th Street. NBC reports he was arrested on Wednesday after being recognized as he walked by the establishment. Stover allegedly grabbed the victim, a Long Island student, by the throat, forced her into a stall and attacked her before fleeing the bar. When the 23-year-old victim had entered the Turnmill bar bathroom at about 7.50pm on Saturday, her attacker, thought to be Stover, was hiding in another stall. Scroll down for video . Today in court: Rodney Stover, 48, was arraigned on Thursday for rape, predatory sex assault and other charges for last Saturday's attack in the bathroom at the Turnmill Bar on East 27th Street . Rape charges: Rodney Stover, 48,  pictured today, allegedly grabbed the victim, a Long Island student,by the throat, forced her into a stall and attacked her before fleeing the bar. In custody: Rodney Stover, 48, was arraigned on Thursday (pictured today) for rape, predatory sex assault and other charges for last Saturday's attack in the bathroom at the Turnmill Bar on East 27th Street . A bartender recognized Stover, who was staying Bellevue Homeless Shelter, from media reports when he was walking in the Gramercy Park area on Wednesday and called the police, sources told the New York Post. NYPD had released surveillance footage of Stover walking down the street on Tuesday. The victim had been drinking at the pub in Gramercy Park with her boyfriend and a female friend whose birthday the trio were celebrating when she excused herself to go to the basement bathroom after drinking two beers, sources said. Stover was allegedly hiding in the stall next to her while she was using the toilet. When she opened her stall to exit he was standing in front of the door, according to sources. The ex-convict reportedly grabbed the woman by the neck and said, 'I'm going to rape you. Be quiet,' and groped and licked her body, sources said. Alleged rapist:  Rodney Stover, 48, allegedly grabbed the victim, a Long Island student,by the throat, forced her into a stall and attacked her before fleeing the bar. NYPD released surveillance footage of Stover walking down the street, and a bartender saw him walking in Gramercy Park and recognized him from the video, so he alerted police . Police say that Stover hid inside one of the bathroom stalls at Turnmill Bar he allegedly choked and sexually assaulted a young woman as she was trying to leave the restroom . Turnmill's bathroom is in the basement, which is distanced from the busy main floor of the Gramercy Park sports bar . He ripped off the woman's pants and began raping her, but fled after he realized he couldn't sustain an erection, sources said. The victim ran out of the bathroom and told her boyfriend what happened. He then reported the attack. Stover was arrested on rape charges in 1992 in Southampton for raping and sodomizing a 42-year-old stranger after overpowering and threatening her with a sharp object. He was released in July 2012. He served an addition two-and-a-half years for another crime and was released on Valentine's Day this year. Stover is listed on the New York State sex offender registry as a violent offender.
target: A homeless convicted sex-offender screamed, 'I'm going to rape you!' before attacking a woman in a Manhattan bar, according to a criminal complaint .
  A 23-year old woman was allegedly raped in the bathroom stall of a bar in Manhattan's posh Gramercy Park neighborhood on Saturday .
  Rodney Stover, 48, was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the rape .
  NYPD released surveillance footage of the suspect on Tuesday and a bartender recognized the man as Stover .
  Stover had allegedly hid inside one of the bathroom stalls at Turnmill Bar at around 7.50pm on Saturday then ambushed the young woman .
  He was arrested in 1992 for raping and sodomizing a woman he did not know and was released from prison on Valentine's Day of this year .