NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A man who police believe was behind back-to-back sex attacks on women in Manhattan last weekend has been linked to a third attack on the Manhattan Bridge, police said Wednesday.
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The NYPD released a sketch of the suspect as the manhunt for the sexual predator continued following the pair of disturbing attacks early Saturday on the Upper West Side and in the East Village.
In the May attack, a 26-year-old woman was riding her bicycle on the Manhattan Bridge walkway when a man approached her, also on a bicycle. The man got off his bike and grabbed the woman’s hair from behind, police said.
The man took out a knife and pulled the woman to the ground. He then pulled down his pants and forced the woman to perform a criminal sex act on him, police said.
The suspect fled on the bridge towards Manhattan on his bicycle.
The woman was transported by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull for a medical evaluation.
Police believe the man struck again Saturday, when two women, also in their 20s, were targeted as they were walking on the street.
Around 4 a.m. Saturday, a 23-year-old woman was walking at Central Park West and W. 82nd Street on the Upper West Side when a man came up from behind on an electric bicycle and pulled her to the ground.
A struggle ensued, and the man held the woman down and digitally penetrated her genital area, police said. He then fled on foot.
The woman suffered multiple abrasions to her body and was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside for a medical evaluation.
An hour later, at 5 a.m., a 28-year-old woman was walking at Avenue A and E. 4th Street in the East Village when a man got off an electric bicycle and grabbed her.
The man told the woman he had a knife and pulled her to the ground, where he pulled down his pants and forced her to perform oral sex on him, according to police, who said the man never displayed a weapon.
The man fled on the electric bike. He was last seen heading eastbound on E. 4th Street.
The woman suffered multiple abrasions to her body. EMS transported her to Mount Sinai Beth Israel for a medical evaluation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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