Serial Burglar Breaks Into Brooklyn Woman's Home 5 Times To Attack Her, Police Say

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who repeatedly crawls in through a woman’s bedroom window and attacks her.

Vileek Holmes, 20, broke into his 28-year-old victim’s Chauncey Street home five times between April and June, police said.

Holmes threw a glass bottle at the woman and smashed her window when he first broke in around 9:15 p.m.on April 17 , police said.

Holmes returned four times, twice sneaking in through the woman’s bedroom, and was last seen fleeing the woman’s home on June 15 around 12:40 a.m., police said.

During his last visit, Holmes, who is known to his victim, grabbed her by the neck and repeatedly slapped her, according to police.

Police describe Holmes a man with brown eyes, black hair who stands five-foot-four and weighs about 130 pounds.

Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact police.

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