{"id":352522,"date":"2026-09-21T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352522\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:40:12","slug":"woman-sexually-assaulted-in-an-elevator-in-the-bronx-nypd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352522\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman sexually assaulted in an elevator in the Bronx: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A search is underway for a man accused of a sexually motivated robbery that happened inside an elevator of a residential building in Allerton on Friday night, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

The incident happened around 11:28 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Police say a 20-year-old woman was followed into an elevator in a residential building near Mace Avenue and Bronxwood Avenue.<\/p>\n

The suspect allegedly groped the victim, in addition to punching her in the face and taking her cell phone before fleeing.<\/p>\n

Police say the suspect is a man around 26 years old, last seen wearing a white shirt, blue pants, blue shoes, and a blue baseball hat. He is described as around 5’7” and 125 pounds, with a slim build and brown eyes.<\/p>\n

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.<\/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

Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A search is underway for a man accused of a sexually motivated robbery that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,103,10173,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-352522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-residential-building","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\/352522","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=352522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}