Crime & Safety
Attempted Rapist Dragged Woman Into Bed-Stuy Alleyway: Cops
Cops are searching for a suspect who dragged a 62-year-old woman into an alleyway over the weekend and tried to rape her.
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find the person who tried to rape a 62-year-old woman in Bed-Stuy over the weekend.
The person of interest came up behind the woman while she was walking down Kosciuszko Street near Lewis and Stuyvesant avenues just before 6 a.m. on Saturday, police said.
He assaulted the woman and dragged her into an alleyway, where he tried to rape her, police said.
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The woman was taken to the hospital with injuries on her lip, hand and knee, police said.
Police released video of the man following the woman as she walked in front of P.S. 81 on Kosciuszko Street:
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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