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VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Girl Dragged From Bronx Bar and Sexually Assaulted: NYPD

By Aidan Gardiner | December 3, 2015 2:13pm

THE BRONX — A 17-year-old girl leaving a Fordham bar was grabbed by a man, dragged down the street, and sexually assaulted in September, police said.

In disturbing video released by police, the suspect can be seen with his arm around the stumbling teen, guiding her toward Jerome Avenue and East 183rd Street about 4 a.m. Sept. 8, according to the NYPD.

He bit the teen in the pelvis and choked her during the attack, police said.

The suspect, wearing a yellow T-shirt with a backward white baseball cap, fled the scene after the incident, police said.

The teen was treated at an area hospital and released, police said.

The suspect is in his mid-20s and about 5 feet 6 inches, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).