Suspect Wanted in Rape Attempt in Brooklyn Apartment: NYPD

Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an attempted rape inside a Brooklyn apartment building.

Investigators have released surveillance video images of the man.

A 26-year-old woman told police that she was grabbed from behind at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday on a stairwell of her apartment building on Loring Avenue in East New York.

The man forced her to the floor and attempted to rape her, police said. He then took $100 from her purse and fled down the stairwell.

The woman was taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment of her injuries.

The surveillance video was taken inside the lobby of the apartment building.

Anyone with information about the identity of the man is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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