He's accused of following a woman as she was going into a building near North 10th and Roebling streets in Williamsburg early Sunday around 1 a.m.
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Police say he threw the 28-year-old woman down the stairs, sexually assaulted her, and took off with her purse.
He later used her credit cards at a CVS on 86th Street.
Police released surveillance photos of the attacker from the CVS store.
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Anyone with information in regard to 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).
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