Police Activity on Sterling between Franklin and Bedford

Activity is actually focused on 679 Sterling; currently being renovated; formerly occupied by squatters. Cops are conducting a very detailed investigation; photos, fingerprints, etc. that has taken 4-5 hours. I saw the lone resident of the building, an elderly woman, who thankfully, looks ok.

I asked one of the cops what happened and all he would say was that a woman was "assaulted" in the building. I don't know whether it was the one woman who lives in the building or someone else. In any event, it is scary and it seems that, whatever it was, it was something very serious, given the amount of attention it got.

I spoke to Letitia James' office today who was briefed by the police about the incident at 679 Sterling that occurred on Sunday night. The crime was an attempted rape of a woman in the building. The woman was unable to give a description of the man because she was jumped from behind and didn't see him.