A vile attacker pummeled a 22-year-old girl and strangled her earlier than trying to rape her on a Brooklyn avenue early Thursday, authorities mentioned.
The stranger approached the lady round 2:15 a.m. at Herkimer Avenue and Saratoga Avenue in Ocean Hill and punched her a number of instances within the face, cops mentioned.
He then pushed her to the bottom, choked her and molested her, authorities mentioned.
The unidentified predator then took off, heading east on Flushing Avenue, police mentioned.
The sufferer was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, the place she was listed in vital however secure situation.
Video launched by the NYPD exhibits the still-at-large suspect strolling down the sidewalk.
He’s described as a person with a heavy construct and a darkish complexion, final seen carrying a yellow vest, a black hooded sweater, and black pants.
The town noticed an 18.7 p.c surge in rapes final 12 months – with 1,736 such reviews made to NYPD by means of Sunday, the most recent knowledge obtainable.
A complete of 1,462 rapes had been reported within the metropolis throughout the identical interval final 12 months, the statistics present.
NYPD Chief of Detectives mentioned in July that the division’s Particular Victims Unit, which investigates circumstances of sexual violence, was bolstering its ranks.
“We have upstaffed the Special Victims Unit tremendously,” Kenny informed reporters. “We’re constantly recruiting, we’re getting new talent in, and we’re staffing levels that we hadn’t seen in years, which is going to bring the caseload down, which is going to result [in] more arrests. So we’re really taking it seriously. Special Victims has had a complete turnaround.”
Anybody with data on the most recent assault is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA.
