Man Breaks Into Brooklyn home, Sexually Assaults Woman While Sleeping: Police

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn neighborhood is on alert after a senior was sexually assaulted inside her home during the night, police confirmed.

According to police sources, the attack took place around 2:15 a.m. on Aug. 30 inside an apartment near Berriman Street and Liberty Avenue in East New York. Authorities say the suspect climbed through a kitchen window while the 71-year-old woman was asleep, and then made his way toward her bedroom.

Once inside her room, police say the attacker choked and groped the woman before fleeing on foot, taking her pajama pants and heading southbound on Atkins Avenue to an unknown location.

The incident was reported to the 75th Precinct, and EMS rushed the victim to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.

The suspect remains at large, police said. He was last seen wearing a dark T-shirt, gray sweatpants, and black-and-white sneakers.

Detectives have released surveillance images of the attacker and are asking the public for help in identifying him.

Anyone with information regarding 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.