Sketch of robber who broke into sleeping woman's Greenwich Village apartment, demanded sex act

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Sleeping woman wakes up to robber inside Greenwich Village apartment
The money was ripped in half during the struggle.

GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan -- Police are searching for the man behind a terrifying attack and robbery in Manhattan.

The NYPD released a sketch of the man they say broke into a sleeping woman's apartment in Greenwich Village.

It happened on Friday, January 22 at 12:35 a.m. near 8th Avenue and West 4th Street.

When the 31-year-old victim woke up he demanded cash.

She gave him $600 and that's when he demanded a sex act.

During the struggle, the money was torn in half, and he took off with the torn cash.

The victim suffered a bruise to her arm but refused medical attention.

The attacker was wearing a red cloth mask and a dark-color baseball cap that said BRONX in white lettering. He was wearing a backpack.

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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