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Sketch and Video Released of Man Who Tried to Rape Prospect Park Jogger

By  Aidan Gardiner and Leslie Albrecht | April 21, 2016 9:58am 

 He pulled a knife on the 23-year-old woman in the park about 5 a.m., police said.
He pulled a knife on the 23-year-old woman in the park about 5 a.m., police said.
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BROOKLYN — Police released a sketch and video of the man they say tried to rape a jogger at knifepoint in Prospect Park on Wednesday morning.

The man, who can be seen on video walking and running near the scene, approached the 23-year-old woman from behind and threw her to the ground near Prospect Park West and Garfield Place about 5:15 a.m., police said.

He told the woman he was going to rape her but she fought back and scared him away, NYPD officials said.

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The attacker's knife cut the woman's finger and she was treated at New York Methodist Hospital, police said.

The suspect was described as weighing about 185 pounds, standing 5 feet 11 inches tall and having a goatee, police said. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants with white letters down the leg and black sneakers with white soles, police said.

Police are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the suspect's arrest, according to fliers posted in the area.

Runners said they noticed heavy police presence in the park Thursday morning and a light set up to illuminate the area where the attack happened.

"So is the verdict that it's still OK to run in the park this early?” wondered one jogger on a local running group’s Facebook page. "I wasn't planning on changing my routine, but my roommates/everyone who's heard the story are convincingly freaked out."

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