Man Chokes, Sexually Assaults Woman In Stuy Town Building: NYPD

GRAMERCY, NY — A creep followed a women into her Stuyvesant Town apartment building, groped her in an elevator and choked her when she tried to flee Monday morning, police said.

The 42-year-old victim entered a building on Avenue C near E. 20th Street just after 8 a.m. when the sicko followed her into the building. He cornered the woman in the elevator where he groped and tried to kiss her, cops said.

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The victim tried to run off the elevator, but the man pulled the woman into a nearby stairwell, climbed on top of her and choked her until she managed to scare him off with a scream, police said.

Medics transported the woman to Bellevue Hospital where she was treated for minor cuts on her neck.

Cops describe the attacker between 30 and 35 years old, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 with a slim build. He wore a dark long-sleeved shirt, dark sneakers with white soles and a baseball hat.

Anyone with information in regards 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).

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