Police looking for suspect in rape, robbery of woman in Bronx stairwell

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Bronx (WABC) -- Police have released surveillance video as they look for a suspect in the rape of a woman in a Bronx apartment building.

Investigators said a man followed a woman into a building on East 183rd Street in University Heights Friday night.
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The man raped the woman in the elevator, stole cash and two cell phones, and then continued sexually assaulting her in a stairwell, according to police.

The victim was treated at the hospital.

The suspect ran off after the attack.

Police say the suspect is around 18 years old and was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt.
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