{"id":231983,"date":"2026-05-14T21:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231983\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:42:31","slug":"suspect-sought-after-woman-almost-raped-in-bronx-elevator-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231983\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect sought after woman almost raped in Bronx elevator: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MELROSE, The Bronx (PIX11) \u2014 Police are searching for a man sought in connection with an attempted rape of a 36-year-old woman in the Bronx, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>At around 4 a.m. on Saturday, the victim was inside an apartment located near East 151 Street and Melrose Avenue when the suspect pulled her into an elevator, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pix11.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly pulled the victim\u2019s pants down and tried to rape her, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wpix_new_york_city_ny_articles_843\/fdb470a47764e1c7e10b84ae184c2375.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police are looking for a man involved in an attempted rape. (NYPD Handout)<\/p>\n<p>After the sexual assault, the person fled to an unknown location, according to police<\/p>\n<p>The victim was sent to a local hospital, listed in stable condition, according to NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cruz is a digital content producer. A native New Yorker, he joined PIX11 in 2009 as a weather producer. More of his work can be found <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/andrew-cruz\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELROSE, The Bronx (PIX11) \u2014 Police are searching for a man sought in connection with an attempted rape&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[22602,128,30019,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-231983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-attempted-rape","tag-bronx","tag-melrose-avenue","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}