MOUNT HOPE — A man started masturbating while on an elevator with a 60-year-old woman and put her in a headlock when she tried to leave, police said.
The suspect and victim went into the elevator at a residential building by Grand Concourse and 175th Street on Thursday around 12:30 a.m., and the suspect started to fondle himself when the elevator started moving, according to the NYPD.
When the woman left the elevator at the third floor, the suspect followed and put her in a headlock, but he fled the building after the victim screamed, police said.
Video shows the suspect getting onto the elevator and standing in its doorway.
Officers described the suspect as a man between 17 and 20 years old with a thin build who stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and was last seen wearing a red baseball hat, a gray hooded jacket, black sneakers, black jeans and black glasses.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
