Brooklyn, NY – The NYPD is asking the public for help as it attempts to locate two men who assaulted and robbed an 18 year old woman in Midwood this past week.
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The incident took place in an apartment building in the vicinity of Avenue M and E 18th Street this past Sunday night.
Video surveillance shows the unidentified young woman entering the building at 9:34 PM with her pocketbook slung over her right shoulder, with two young black men following her just seconds later.
As all three entered the building’s elevator, security footage shows the two men dragging the woman out of the elevator and throwing her to the floor of the building’s hallway.
According to an NYPD spokesperson, the two men kicked and punched the victim during the 35 second assault.
Both men can be seen on video footage running out of the building less than one minute after the assault began, with one assailant throwing the woman’s pocketbook into nearby shrubbery as he fled.
The victim was taken to Coney Island Hospital where she was treated for her injuries and later released.
Below video footage shows the suspects beating the woman.
One suspect is described as being in his late teens to early twenties, weighing approximately 240 pounds and dressed in an orange t-shirt and tan shorts and carrying a backpack at the time of the attack. The other suspect is described as approximately 20 to 25 years old, and wearing a black t-shirt and multicolored pants when the incident occurred.
Police would not release the exact address where the assault took place, nor would they confirm if the victim lived in the building where the attack occurred.
City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is offering a $2,500 reward for any information that leads to the arrest of the two men. Anyone with any information regarding the attack is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
Obama: This could have been my son…
The video shows an elderly man looking at them….hope he has some good leads for these rats…
Does the nearby Edward R. Murrow High School hold any evening sessions now?
Malchut Shel Chesed
The two who engaged in that vicious assault, are nothing but savages from the jungle. Three summers ago, while visiting Brooklyn, I was walking with my brother back from Shul on Erev Shabbos. We made the mistake of walking on Nostrand Avenue, between Avenue K and Avenue L. We should have taken a side street, but for some reason, my brother decided to take Nostrand Avenue. There were perhaps two dozen teenagers fighting with each other, on that street.. However, when my brother and I passed, they decided to throw water balloons near us. When they broke, the water splattered all over our suits. Now, if this were Yidden doing this against minority residents going to and from church, the local authorities would have addressed that problem. However, since it was the other way around, they could care less. One local resident, who himself was a minority member, tried to excuse their savage behavior by stating “kids”. When I told him, “YEH, KIDS”, he looked at me strangely, as if to say, that they were engaging in normal behavior.
One word: chapsum!
Check the Kings Plaza shopping mall videos of that day. The Avenue M bus comes straight from there.
I don 217;t understand any of you 211; a violent crime was committed against an unarmed woman 211;this could have been your daughter, sister, wife, cousin, granddaughter. I don 217;t hear a word of horror that this woman went through. Only #8 brought up the subject. Shame on all of those who didn 217;t show compassion for this woman, only to berate and ridicule those who perpetrated this crime. I hope the woman is ok 211;I 217;m sure she will have a long way to mental recovery from this horrible episode
hope they catch these vermin and send them to live in Gaza with the rest of the scum.