{"id":387867,"date":"2026-10-30T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/387867\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:54:44","slug":"manhattan-rape-attempt-pervert-sought-for-attempting-to-sexually-assault-83-year-old-woman-in-her-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/387867\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan rape attempt: Pervert sought for attempting to sexually assault 83-year-old woman in her apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-8.35.55-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"suspect in Manhattan rape attempt walking down the street in security camera footage\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Manhattan rape attempt: Pervert sought for attempting to sexually assault 83-year-old woman in her apartment 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in Manhattan are searching for the pervert who attempted to invade an 83-year-old woman\u2019s apartment and rape her earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manhattan<\/a> are searching for the pervert who attempted to invade an 83-year-old woman\u2019s apartment and rape her earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released on Thursday night images and video of the suspect wanted for the heinous incident, which occurred at 8:55 a.m. on Oct. 26 inside an apartment building near the intersection of Vermilyea Avenue and West 204th Street in Inwood.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the perpetrator followed the victim into the apartment building and confronted her as she attempted to enter her home. Cops said the suspect exposed himself to her and made sexual advances toward her while trying to force his way inside her residence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137878303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2841-26-Burglary-34-Pct-10-26-26-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"suspect in attempted rape in Inwood\" width=\"585\" height=\"686\" title=\"Manhattan rape attempt: Pervert sought for attempting to sexually assault 83-year-old woman in her apartment 2\"  \/>As shown in the security camera footage that police provided, the suspect appears to have a dark complexion with a goatee; he was last seen wearing a black du-rag, a black jacket, black pants, and gray shoes while also carrying a black-and-red backpack.<\/p>\n<p>That led to a brief physical struggle, during which the victim was able to fend off her attacker. Police said the suspect then fled the location on foot in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd34pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">34th Precinct<\/a>. Responding EMS units treated the victim at the scene for minor injuries, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>As shown in the security camera footage that police provided, the suspect appears to have a dark complexion with a goatee; he was last seen wearing a black du-rag, a black jacket, black pants, and gray shoes while also carrying a black-and-red backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives in Manhattan are searching for the pervert who attempted to invade an 83-year-old woman\u2019s apartment and rape&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[84495,141001,141002,22602,784,141003,25790,75,4126,84,83,9,24,63,103,3019,1954,111619,141004,141005],"class_list":["post-387867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-34th-precinct","tag-83-year-old-victim","tag-apartment-building-attack","tag-attempted-rape","tag-crime-stoppers","tag-elderly-crime-victim","tag-inwood","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-crime","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-sexual-assault","tag-surveillance-video","tag-suspect-wanted","tag-vermilyea-avenue","tag-west-204th-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387867","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=387867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}