Bed-Stuy Woman Robbed By Man She Met On Dating App, Cops Say

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find a man who robbed and assaulted a woman he met on a dating app in Bed-Stuy.

The man met up with the 23-year-old woman at her apartment near Albany Avenue and Herkimer Street around 6:15 p.m. on March 15, police said.

When he got there, the man took $200, pushed the woman to the floor and left the building, police said.

He was caught on surveillance video after the incident walking around Herkimer Street on the phone, according to police and video.

Police describe the man as being in his 30s, standing 6'4" tall and weighing 220 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair, facial hair with long beard and was last seen wearing no shirt, tan pants, black underwear, brown belt and tan boots.

Anyone with information in regard to the identities of these individuals 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 or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.