“WATCH: A man attacks a woman unprovoked on the Upper East Side, police said.”
The man had a beard, a short afro and appeared to be 5 feet, 9 inches tall and was last seen fleeing the scene of the attack wearing a navy blue t-shirt with orange shorts with white and black stripes on the bottom, white socks and red Crocs. Surveillance cameras caught the man on video again after the attack at approximately 6:12 a.m. in front of an apartment building located at 1050 Fifth Ave.
The police released the video on July 30 and are asking anyone with pertinent information to contact the New York Police Department’s Crime Stoppers’ unit at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or to submit a tip on the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org. Tips can also be submitted through direct messages on Twitter @NYPDTips as well as through text messages by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. A Spanish-speaking line is also available by calling 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) and all calls will be kept confidential.