Home Invasion Horror for 78-Year-Old Throggs Neck Woman

Perv Breaks into Home, Exposes Self

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a home invasion and sexual assault of an elderly woman inside a home in Throggs Neck. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 6, 2024

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BRONX - A 78-year-old woman was terrified in her own home when a burglar broke into her Throggs Neck house and performed a sex act, cops said. Investigators are looking for a black Mercedes in connection with the sexual assault/robbery.

At around 1 am on September 2,  a 78-year-old woman woke to find an intruder in her house in the vicinity of Graff Avenue & Schurz Avenue. Cops said the man broke into the private waterfront house.

The NYPD is searching for a black Mercedes SUV in connection with a home invasion/sexual assault in Throggs Neck. -Photo by NYPD

The man exposed himself to the elderly homeowner and then began to touch her throughout her body, investigators said. 

The man then robbed the senior victim. He took her purse which contained two credit cards. He stole the victim’s jewelry and two land line phones from the house, cops said.  

After an investigation, the NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect and the alleged getaway car which is believed to be a black Mercedes. 

The suspect is described as a male with a thin build and dark complexion. He was last seen wearing dark pants, a black hoodie, a black surgical mask and eyeglasses. 

A video of the alleged getaway car, a black Mercedes SUV, was caught on camera on the corner of Randall Avenue.

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.