Morris Park & Parkchester

Crime & Mayhem

Bronx Woman Sexually Assaulted in Apartment Staircase

March 8, 2012 1:02pm | Updated March 8, 2012 1:02pm

BRONX  — Police are looking for a man who is suspected of following a woman into her Bronx apartment building and sexually assaulting her.

The 24-year-old victim was walking into her Morris Park apartment about 5:45 a.m. March 4 when a man followed her into the building and assaulted her on the staircase, police said.

The man then fled, police said.

Police said the suspect was between 25 and 35 years old, 5-feet-7-inches tall, 250 pounds, wearing a dark waist-length coat, dark fleece and a dark ski hat.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, log onto www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637(CRIMES) and enter TIP577.

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