Woman dragged and sexually assaulted after man used belt as lasso

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Cops in New York City are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman after wrapping a belt around the victim’s neck from behind.

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The 45-year-old woman was walking when the attacker came up to her from behind and lassoed the belt around her neck, rendering her unconscious.

According to police, the attacker was seen dragging her between two parked cars and sexually assaulting her before fleeing on foot. The attack occurred around 3 a.m. on May 1st.

The NYPD shared two images of the man on X and asked anyone with information to contact them.

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The woman is recovering from the attack, WNBC reported.

Meanwhile, police in California are searching for two bandits after a mail carrier was robbed while delivering mail.

Officers arrived at the scene in Dublin, east of the Bay Area, after a woman reported being approached by two masked men who demanded she hand over her mailbox key and phone, all of which was captured on video.

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“Someone came up behind me and boom, just hit me and put a gun to my head,” the 63-year-old postal worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told KTVU.

“He said, ‘Give me your keys. You don’t want to die, do you?'”

She went to her mail van and got the keys, then the armed man also demanded her cell phone.

She feared the worst, but the two men set off after taking the keys to the mailboxes and truck as well as her cell phone.

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“I thought he was going to shoot me when he was done,” she told the outlet, adding that she told herself to “stay calm.”

The woman, who has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 33 years, said she feels “anxious” and “can’t sleep” but is getting help from a psychiatrist.

The postal worker added that she wanted to go back to work.

“I really want to because I like my job. I think I will.”

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects, the outlet reported.

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