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New York (77WABC) – New video shows a 26-year-old woman was groped on a Brooklyn street early Saturday — before he hit her in the face after she tried to fight back.
The new video released Tuesday shows that the woman was walking near South 4th Street and Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg around 2:15 a.m. Saturday, when the man approached from behind and grabbed her buttocks.
When the woman attempted to hit her attacker, he hit back.
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Police said the suspect made a statement to the woman during the assault, but she didn’t remember what he said. They added that the woman suffered bruising and swelling on her face, and didn’t immediately report the incident to police.
The NYPD’s Brooklyn Special Victims Squad is investigating. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), logging onto the CrimeStoppers website, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
