Crime & Safety

Cops Hunting for Slope Sexual Assault Suspect

Police are on the lookout for a creep suspected of one rape and three attempted rapes.

Cops are now on the hunt for a lout they say is not only responsible for an attempted rape on , but a rape and two more rape attempts in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge.

The horrific March 20 rape attempt on a 24-year-old woman walking home on 16th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues was apparently only the first in a sexual assault spree by the creep.

A video of attack became widely circulated, after a neighbor shared a video of the incident taken by a stationary security camera on his house.

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The video shows a woman, shrieking, as she attempts to fight off a husky man as he gropes her from behind, his pants pulled down. The woman eventually fights him off and the attacker flees just as a neighbor steps outside to investigate the commotion.

On May 3, cops say the pervert struck again, grabbing a 32-year-old woman from behind on Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge, attempting to force her to the ground and threatening her with a knife. The man fled again, the woman received minor injuries.

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Then on May 29, the man approached a 20-year-old woman on 55th Street in Sunset Park, pushed her to the ground and attempted to rape her. The woman resisten and once again, the culprit fled on foot. On Saturday, the brute returned to 55th Street where he followed a woman, 28, into her apartment, forced her to the ground and raped her.

The man is believed to be age 25 to 30, Hispanic, approximately 5’7 weighing 165 pounds.

Those with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, submit tips online at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or text 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.


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