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Police Search for Rape Suspect in Bushwick

By DNAinfo Staff on April 14, 2012 12:46pm

Police are searching for a man accused of rape in the DeKalb Avenue L train subway station last week.
Police are searching for a man accused of rape in the DeKalb Avenue L train subway station last week.
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By Sarah Tan

Special to DNAinfo

BROOKLYN - Police released a sketch of a man wanted for raping a woman on the steps of the De Kalb Avenue L train station in Bushwick.

At around 3:50 a.m. on Friday, April 6, at Stanhope Street and Wyckoff Avenue, the suspect grabbed the victim, a 37-year-old woman, raped her and then fled.

He is described by police as 24 to 26, around 5'9'' tall and 140 pounds with short black hair, brown eyes and a scar on the lower left side of his lip.

He was wearing lime green sneakers, a black vest and blue jeans, police said.

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

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.