from www.wsbt.com - A shocking attack on an elderly woman outside a posh Upper East side building - just a block away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art - left many residents unnerved Monday and has now prompted a hunt for a suspect.
According to published reports, an 85-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in the doorway of the building near E. 83rd St. and Madison Avenue Monday at around 6:30 a.m.
Sources tell the New York Daily News, the woman was grabbed by the suspect, pushed into a doorway where she was robbed of a ring and then forced to perform oral sex on the suspect.
The suspect is described as Hispanic, with tatties on both arms. Police are still working on a better description of the suspect who remains on the loose.
Anyone with information on the incident is urged to call police. All calls will remain confidential.
