The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying a man linked to a violent rape in Brooklyn over the weekend.
Police say a 49-year-old woman was walking in the 27th Street and 5th Avenue area at around 3 a.m. Saturday when she was approached by the suspect. The man engaged in a conversation with the woman then pushed her to the ground, threatened her, and pulled her into a nearby driveway where he forcibly raped the victim, according to police.