American shock: Man sneaks into apartment, sexually assaults sleeping woman in Bronx; Probe launched

Bronx, July 3: A Bronx woman reported a sexual assault to police after waking up to find an unknown man in her apartment around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The man allegedly entered her Wakefield residence through a window at East 230th Street and White Plains Road.

After the assault, the suspect fled through the same window NYPost reported. The New York Police Department released surveillance footage of a man walking on a sidewalk in connection with the investigation. The suspect was last seen wearing a white tank top and dark shorts, according to the New York Post. The victim was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. US Shocker: Man Makes Fake 911 Call, Ambushes and Kills Two Police Officers in Deadly Encounter; Video surfaces.

Local residents have expressed concern about the safety of their neighborhood. “I hope that whoever did it, whoever is responsible for this, is actually caught and put aside because it’s not safe for us,” Shanon Swaby told Pix11. Another resident, Latifah, expressed her shock at the incident, saying: “As a woman, I don’t want to hear this in this area; it’s crazy So how did he get into her house?” US Shocker: Georgia couple tries to sell 2-year-old daughter online for sex, arrested

Police have launched an investigation and are asking anyone with information about the suspect to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

On a related note, earlier this year a woman in the US claimed that an Uber driver misled her to believe he was her ride before taking her to a motel in Florida where she he “woke up empty” with no memory of how he got there. An investigation is ongoing to determine whether the same driver assaulted other women.

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