Police Looking For Suspect Who Followed And Choked Several Women

Wanted for strangulation
Photo by Shannon Geis / South Slope News

The police are on the lookout for a man who followed and choked multiple women on 16th Street near 5th Avenue.

Police say the suspect attacked three women on July 20-21, all incidents happening early in the morning, around 6am. The suspect also exposed himself to one victim.

Police describe the attacker as a 20-year-old man about 6 foot tall and 165 lbs.

Wanted posters have been posted in storefronts along 5th Avenue near 16th Street. Anyone with information regarding the suspect is asked to call Detective Donna Marie Mazza at 718-965-6336.