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While community members continue to distribute fliers with details of last weekend’s first two sexual assaults in Northern Manhattan – and a $2,000 reward has been offered for tips leading to their capture – police have released more details about the third attack, which occurred early in the morning of Sun., June 12.
Police say that at about 1:15 a.m. around W. 184th Street and Broadway, a 32-year-old white woman was followed by a young Hispanic man who attempted to remove her underwear and sexually assault her. The suspect was unsuccessful and fled on foot, according to police.
The suspect is described as between 18 and 25 years of age, 5'7", and of medium build. He was wearing a black shirt with a design, patterned shorts, and a black knit hat with red, yellow, and green stripes.
On Wednesday police released a surveillance video of the alleged suspect taken from what appears to be the north end of the 181st Street A-train station. It shows the suspect having trouble swiping his card at a turnstile and turning to a station agent for help.
Also this week, Crime Stoppers offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of either suspect sought in the first two attacks over the weekend.
The first occurred Fri., June 10 around 8:40 p.m. around the ball fields at the far west end of Dyckman Street. According to police, a 28-year-old Hispanic female was walking in the area when a Hispanic male in his thirties began a conversation with her. Police say the suspect forced her into a secluded area of the park and sexually assaulted her before fleeing on a red mountain bike.
The suspect is described as being between 30 and 35 years of age, between 5'7" to 5'9" tall, and about 170 pounds. The perpetrator was not wearing a shirt but had on khaki shorts and a bluish adornment around his neck.
 The second sexual attack occurred on Sat., June 11 around 2:15 a.m. in Washington Heights; the police did not provide a street address but a source said that it was in the vicinity of Bennett Avenue.
A 37-year-old white woman entered her apartment building and was confronted by the suspect armed with a knife on the fifth floor.
The suspect took the victim to the eighth floor where he sexually assaulted and robbed her, according to police, before he fled.
The suspect is described as a male Hispanic in his early 20s, between 5'3" and 5'5" tall with short dark hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt and black sweat pants.
Anyone with information regarding these sexual assaults is urged to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted via the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting 274637(CRIMES) then entering TIP577.
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