NYPD are searching for a man in construction gear who strangled a woman inside a Bronx building and then fled.
A 51-year-old woman told police she was inside a Mott Haven building on E. 149th St. near Courtlandt Ave. around 5:20 p.m. on Jan. 23 when the attacker approached and strangled her until she went unconscious.
After the terrified victim regained consciousness, she discovered three of the buttons on her pants had been unfastened.
In a video and photo released by cops, the suspect is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and brown work boots while carrying an orange vest with a reflective stripe and a yellow hard hat.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.