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Police Seeking Suspect for Attempted Rape in Prospect Heights

Police Seek Suspect in Attempted Rape
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DCPI

BROOKLYN — Police are searching for a suspect in connection with an attempted rape in Prospect Heights Friday.

A 20-year-old woman was walking on St. Mark’s Avenue near Underhill Avenue on August 29 about 12:30 a.m., when a man approached her from behind, grabbed her around the waist and covered her mouth with his hand, the NYPD said.

The attacker threw the woman to the ground and attempted to remove her clothes, but the woman fought back and the suspect fled, police said.

The attacker is described as approximately 19 years old, standing 5-foot-6 and weighing about 160 pounds, with black hair, according to the NYPD.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.