Search On For Suspect In Brooklyn Attempted Rape

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are trying to identify a man who they said is wanted for an attempted rape in Brooklyn.

It happened just before 6 a.m. Sunday on Louis Place.

Police said a man ran past a 24-year-old woman and then turned towards her with knife and told her to follow him.

He took her to an alley way where he pulled down her pants and licked her, police said. He the groped her, took her cell phone and fled, police said.

Police released surveillance video and a sketch of the suspect. He's described as a black man between the ages of 30 and 40, about 5'6" tall, 190 pounds with a mustache. He was seen wearing blue shorts and a brown shirt.

A police sketch of a suspect wanted in an attempted rape in Brooklyn on Aug. 21, 2016. (credit: NYPD)

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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