NYPD: Man Tries To Rape Woman After Offering To Buy Her Soda, Cigarettes In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A man tried to cut off a woman's clothes and rape her after offering to buy her soda and cigarettes in Brooklyn early Tuesday morning, police said.
The 45-year-old woman was sitting on a bench in front of 143 Smith St. when the suspect walked up to her and started talking to her around 5 a.m., police said.
They walked together to a Rite Aid store a few blocks away after he offered to buy her the items. After leaving the store, police said the suspect attacked the woman, trying to choke her with a black video cord and cut off her clothes with a knife.
He ran off after the victim started screaming.
The suspect is about 5'4" tall, approximately 30 years of age, and was last seen wearing a black leather vest with studs on the back, a light colored shirt, dark colored jeans and black cowboy boots.
Police have released surveillance video of the suspect walking into the Rite Aid store.
Anyone with information is 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.
