Crime & Safety
Sleeping Woman Raped In Her Bushwick Bedroom By Stranger, Police Say
A man broke into a 24-year-old woman's bedroom in Bushwick on Sunday, raped her and fled, according to police.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the man who snuck into a sleeping woman’s bedroom and raped her last weekend.
The 24-year-old woman was sleeping in her Bushwick home near Halsey Street and Central Avenue when the man broke into her unlocked apartment around 10:35 a.m. Sunday, police said.
She fought off her attacker after he assaulted her and called 911 after he had run away, said police.
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Emergency responders took the young woman to Woodhull Hospital where she was treated and later released, said police.
Police describe the suspect as a man standing 5-foot-10, weighing 180 pounds and wearing a black hoodie and black jeans.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
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