Police Identify Suspect In Kips Bay Housing Development Rape Attempt
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police identified a suspect Friday in the attempted rape a woman in a public housing building in Kips Bay.
Around noon on Thanksgiving Day, the man forced the 48-year-old woman into the 17th floor stairwell in the Strauss Houses building at 344 E. 28th St., police said. The man forced the woman to perform a sexual act and then attempted to rape her, police said.
The victim resisted, and the suspect grabbed the woman's handbag and ran down the stairwell, police said.
The victim chased the man to the lobby, and got her handbag back with the help of a male witness, police said.
The suspect fled into an elevator in the lobby, police said. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center, where she was treated and released, police said.
Police identified the suspect in the incident as Dominique Frazier, 31. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and black jeans, police said.
Police released a photo of Frazier from a robbery arrest on Monday, Nov. 9.
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.
