Crime & Safety
Police Release Description Of Suspect In Violent Attack On Woman In Beacon
Beacon police are asking the community to check security footage for any possible sightings of the suspect during the day on Wednesday.
BEACON, NY — The City of Beacon Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying a possible suspect in a violent attack in Beacon.
Officials have released a description of a possible suspect in the reported assault on Tioronda Avenue on Wednesday.
Police are asking the community to check their security cameras for footage from Wednesday. The suspect they are looking for is described as a white man, wearing a black jacket or coat (not a puff coat), a black knit hat, and blue pants or jeans. The suspect is believed to possibly be in his 30s-40s, approximately 5'11" with a medium build and having a brown, very close beard.
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"If anyone has any footage depicting an individual that could fit that description or most of that description, please immediately contact the City of Beacon Police Department," authorities said in the most recent update on the investigation.
Police have so far released few details about the reported assault. Officials say that is by design.
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"To address some concerns about the information that has been released so far, we do not take the public's concerns lightly at all," the department said in a statement released Thursday afternoon. "Had it been appropriate to release this information earlier, we would have. Please understand that this is a sensitive investigation and that in certain, traumatic cases, it is not even appropriate to fully take a statement from a victim until time has passed. It would therefore be irresponsible for us to prematurely release information which we, objectively, could not rely on. We, again, must also balance the public's need to know with the needs of the victim's privacy and the potential to compromise an investigation and/or prosecution. The department is continuing to devote its full resources to this investigation and is receiving assistance from other agencies as well."
Anyone with any relevant information is being urged to contact the Beacon Police Department at 845-831-4111.
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