{"id":232051,"date":"2026-05-14T22:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232051\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:37:50","slug":"suspect-sought-after-woman-almost-raped-in-bronx-elevator-nypd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232051\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect sought after woman almost raped in Bronx elevator: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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.<\/p>\n

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The suspect allegedly pulled the victim\u2019s pants down and tried to rape her, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

\"<em>Police<\/p>\n

Police are looking for a man involved in an attempted rape. (NYPD Handout)<\/p>\n

After the sexual assault, the person fled to an unknown location, according to police<\/p>\n

The victim was sent to a local hospital, listed in stable condition, according to NYPD.<\/p>\n

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0crimestoppers.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

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 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164221,"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-232051","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\/232051","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=232051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}