Man randomly assaults woman in the East Village: NYPD
Credit: NYPD
NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for a man that they say randomly assaulted a woman in the East Village on Friday.
According to authorities, at around 10:40 a.m., the man approached a 70-year-old woman on East 14th Street and hit her in the head with an unknown object.
The woman fell to the ground and he ran away. She was taken to a hospital in stable condition with an abrasion to her wrist and elbow.
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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Police say all calls are strictly confidential.
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