Woman
nearly
raped
in
Brooklyn
Heights
lobby
in
broad
daylight - Iqraa news
Authorities are asking for the public's help finding a man they say robbed and tried to rape a woman in the lobby of a Brooklyn Heights building in the middle of the morning this week.
According to the NYPD, the 51-year-old woman was in a lobby near Montague and Henry streets shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday when a strange man walked up and forced her into a basement stairwell. He punched her and tried to rape her, police say, before stealing her chain, cellphone and purse.
The man then ran off toward Henry Street.
The woman suffered cuts to her face along with scratches and bruising; she was taken to a hospital and is expected to be physically OK.
Anyone with information on the attack is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
