Man Sexually Assaults, Robs Woman In Williamsburg Apt Lobby: Cops

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police are searching for a man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman in the lobby of her apartment building on New Year's Day.

The man asked the 35-year-old woman for money inside the lobby of the building, found near Grattan Street and Knickerbocker Avenue, around 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 1, police said. He then pushed her into the wall, told her he had a gun and put a cutting instrument to her throat.

After sexually assaulting the woman, the man took $100 in cash and multiple credit and debit cards from her before running away.

Police described him as a black man with a waist length jacket with grayish white fur and wearing a gray sweater and gray knit hat. He is shown in the police sketch.

Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Sketch provided by NYPD.