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Tag: attempted rape

Attempted Rape in South Williamsburg on New Year’s Morning

by Aaron Simon January 2, 2019January 2, 2019

An attempted rape occurred in a South Williamsburg apartment building at S. 2nd and Havemeyer streets on Tuesday (New Year’s Day) around 5:30 a.m., and a ‘person-of-interest’ is now in police custody”ABC7NY […]

Break-in and Attempted Rape in Greenpoint Yesterday

by Lucie Levine June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

Police are searching for a man in his mid-20s who forced his way into a 37-year-old woman’s apartment by Kingsland and Meeker Avenues yesterday afternoon, June 21st, and tried to […]

Watch out! Two sexual predators are on the loose in Williamsburg!

by Kim M March 30, 2015March 30, 2015

    That’s right Greenpointers. We need to be on high alert. There are two different predators on the loose and they are targeting their victims in our sister neighborhood of […]

Woman fights off would-be rapist

by Kim M September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

Ladies watch out. Even on our beloved Greenpoint streets bad things can happen, as one unfortunate woman discovered this weekend. According to police, in the wee hours of Sunday morning […]

Police Are Still Hunting for Suspect in Attempted Rape

by Gina November 20, 2013November 20, 2013

The Brooklyn Special Victims Unit is still searching for the suspect in an attempted rape that happened in Williamsburg just past 4pm on Friday 11/8. The victim, 27, was walking […]

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