Police are looking for a man accused of putting a woman in a chokehold and forcing her to the ground Saturday morning in a violent sexual assault.
The 30-year-old victim was walking her dog in Bushwick around 8:30 a.m. when she was approached from behind by an unknown male perpetrator, according to the NYPD.
Police said the man put her in a chokehold, got her to the ground and sexually assaulted her. It happened near Woodbine Street and Ridgewood Place.
The attacker eventually got up and fled eastbound on Woodbine Street.
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The woman sustained injuries to her neck and face, and went to a Brooklyn hospital for treatment, police said.
Investigators released video and surveillance images of the suspected attacker early the next day, describing him as a male around 30, 5'8" tall, with a medium build, wearing all black and a black cap with a red rose on the front.
