Thief Tries To Sexually Assault Man, And Then Robs Him: Cops

EAST VILLAGE, NY — A man tried to sexually assault another man and then robbed him of thousands of dollars in property, police said.

The man walked into an apartment building near East 13th Street and Avenue B with another man, 37, Monday, May 6 about 2:30 a.m., police said.

The two men ended up inside of the 37-year-old's apartment, where the assailant tried to sexually assault the man, according to police. Police said the two men were acquaintances.

The man then robbed him of laptop, a tablet, about two dozen computer hard drives, a jacket, wallet, ID and keys worth about $6,600, cops said.

The man is described as 5 feet 11 inches and 150 pounds with long black hair, police said. He was last seen wearing a black and blue jacket with a multicolored pattern on the back.

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).

All calls are strictly confidential.