HARLEM, Manhattan — Police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman before robbing her on a Manhattan street Thursday.
According to the NYPD, the woman was walking near the corner of West 141st Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue around 2 a.m. when the unidentified man approached her from behind.
The man began to forcibly touch the victim’s groin area and then took her property before fleeing on foot, police said.
The thief then attempted to use her debit card to make purchases at a deli just blocks away on Broadway near West 137th Street, authorities said.
The woman refused medical attention at the scene.
The NYPD has released the above surveillance image of the man they’re looking for.
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