Authorities are asking for the general public’s assist discovering a person they are saying impersonated an Immigrations, Customs and Enforcement officer and robbed and tried to rape a lady within the foyer of a Brooklyn Heights constructing in the midst of the morning this week.
In accordance with the NYPD, the 51-year-old girl was in a foyer close to Montague and Henry streets shortly earlier than 11 a.m. Tuesday when a wierd man walked up and compelled her right into a basement stairwell. Investigators say after the person falsely recognized himself as a US immigration official, he requested for her identification and, as she seemed for it, he punched her, then pulled her down a basement stairwell and tried to sexually assault her.
He stole her chain, cellphone and purse. The person then ran off towards Henry Road.
The lady suffered cuts to her face, together with scratches and bruising; she was taken to a hospital and is predicted to be bodily OK.
Anybody with data on the assault is requested to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.