Search On For Suspect In Bushwick Robbery, Sexual Assault
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police released a sketch Saturday of a suspect in the robbery and sexual assault of a woman in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Just after midnight Thursday morning, the 22-year-old woman was walking into a building on Evergreen Avenue in Brooklyn, when a suspect came up from behind wielding a kitchen knife, police said.
The suspect forced the woman onto the fourth floor landing, where he took her pocketbook and forced her to commit a sex act on him, police said.
The suspect ran off, police said. The woman was treated and released from an area hospital, police said.
The suspect was described as a black male in his mid- to late 20s, standing 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing 180 to 190 pounds.
Anyone with information was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.