Crime & Safety
Woman Followed Into Her Harlem Building And Attacked: Police
The attacker knocked the woman to the ground and tried to unsuccessfully rip her bag away, police said.
HARLEM, NY — A would-be-robber followed a woman into her building and attacked her in Harlem, police said Wednesday.
The attempted robbery unfolded Feb. 9 about 7 a.m. after a 24-year-old woman was unknowingly trailed into her building near Hamilton Place and West 142nd Street, police said.
When the woman got off the elevator, a man dragged her to the ground while hitting her repeatedly in the back of the head, police said.
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The man tried to grab her bag, but wasn't able to and fled the building in an unknown direction, police said.
The woman was taken to a local hospital in stable condition and treated for a cut to the back of her head, police said.
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People with information are 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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