MANHATTAN — A young man tried to rape a 24-year-old woman in her Lower East Side apartment building Saturday after sexually assaulting her in an elevator, according to the NYPD.
The man followed the woman into the elevator at Stanton and Pitt streets at about 3:20 p.m. on April 23 and started to grope her and then push her against a wall after the elevator reached her floor, police said.
He then followed the woman to her apartment, but fled when a man inside the home came to the door.
The suspect is 16 to 20 years old, about 5 feet, 2 inches tall and 130 pounds.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.
