VIDEO: Unidentified man assaults two females in Bensonhurst

March 26, 2018 Victoria Merlino
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Police are looking for an unidentified man who assaulted two females in Bensonhurst within the span of five minutes on March 23.

The first assault took place in the vicinity of the Tribuzio Meat Market, 7714 18th Avenue, at 7:10 a.m. Cops say the unknown man placed his arms around 17-year-old girl walking in the opposite direction to him and threw her to the ground before fleeing the scene.

Then, at 7:15 a.m., at the northeast corner of 18th Avenue and 79th Street, the unknown man approached a 31-year-old woman waiting at the bus stop and pulled down his pants. When she walked away from him, the man followed her, pulled down his pants again and punched the woman in the face. He then fled the scene.

Both victims refused medical attention.

The man is described as 30 to 40 years old, black, 5’9” tall, 200 pounds and with a medium build. He was last seen in a black hooded waist length jacket, black jeans, black sneakers and a black skull cap.

Anyone with information in regards to 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.

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