YORKVILLE — Police have identified the man they say sexually assaulted and robbed a woman on Second Avenue over the weekend but were still searching for him Wednesday.
Gregory Anderson, 32, is accused of throwing a 36-year-old woman to the ground near East 94th Street at about 5 a.m., sexually assaulting her and robbing her of $40 in cash, according to the NYPD.
He told the victim that he wouldn't hurt her if she gave him money but then sexually assaulted her, police said.
Anderson, who was wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, was caught on video surveillance at a nearby grocery store looking for the victim after she ran away, police said.
Police described him as standing 5-foot-7 and weighing 145 pounds but did not have information about where he currently resides.
Anderson was arrested in 2014 for drinking in public in East Harlem, according to the NYPD.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
