Video: Cops Seek Suspect In UWS Elevator Sex Assault

Jen Chung

Published Dec 13, 2012

Modified Dec 13, 2012

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Police are hoping the public can help them locate a man who sexually attacked a woman in an Upper West Side elevator.

According to the NYPD, on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at around 2:30 a.m. a 27-year-old woman entered an Upper West Side building. (The Post says it was on Amsterdam Avenue.) A man followed her inside, where police say she was grabbed, forced into an elevator, and sexually assaulted. The victim fled when the elevator doors opened.

The police describe the suspect as a Hispanic male, 5'9"-6' tall, weighing 150-170 pounds, who was last seen wearing a grey shirt, brown beaded necklace, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). 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 enter TIP577.