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The police believe a recent sexual assault on a young girl is connected to another assault from last Year. A few week ago, a 14-year-old was walking on 41st Street and 12th Avenue when, according to NY1, "the suspect came up from behind her and forced her into the vehicle," drove her to a location where he assaulted her. She was able to fight him off and was left at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 36th Street. The 2007 attack occurred when a man took a 4-year-old girl off her stoop, assaulted her, and then dropped her off. Assemblyman Dov Hikind is offering a $20,000 reward; the suspect is described as a white male, in his early 20s, with a thin build and short, spiky black hair, who drives a black or dark colored four-door sedan with tinted windows and a beige interior.

While there are some reports that police were questioning a suspect involved in a series of rapes in Queens, the police say they are actually questioning a 15-year-old suspected of "forcibly touching" a woman last month. Residents in southeastern Queens have been worried after 14 sexual assaults have occurred since last November, and police believe two different men are behind them. One is suspected of targeting women near bus stops while another seems to prey on women near alleys or abandoned buildings.