VIDEO: Suspect caught on video after Brooklyn sex assault

Friday, September 12, 2014
Suspect caught on video after Brooklyn sex assault
Police are hoping this surveillance video leads to arrests in a pair of brutal sex assaults in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A woman in Brooklyn was sexually assaulted two times by different men in the span of an hour, and police are hunting for suspects.

Authorities believe the two men may be working together, mainly because the details in both sexual assaults are identical and they happened just one block apart in the Clinton Hill section.

The first assault happened around 5 a.m. on August 31 in front of 187 Gates Avenue. Police say the suspect pushed the victim to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

The suspect threatened to use a gun but never produced one.

Then, at 6 a.m., police say the woman was attacked again in front of 58 Irving Place. That man was caught on surveillance camera fleeing the scene.

In the second case, authorities say the victim was shoved to the ground and sexually assaulted. The suspect also threatened to use a gun but he never produced one.

The suspect is the first incident is described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic male, approximately 5-foot-7, last seen wearing blue jeans and a red T-shirt.

The second suspect is described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic male, approximately 6-feet-tall and weighting 170 pounds.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.