NEW YORK, NY – A female suspect assaulted a 70-year-old man after he asked her and her friends to stop smoking marijuana inside the stairwell of his Fulton Houses apartment in Chelsea on Monday.
Police said the man approached the group of teens at around noon on Monday and asked them to leave the area.
At that time, the female suspect, a suspected teenager, sprayed the man in his face with pepper spray. The group then fled the building.
The elderly man was treated at the scene by EMS.
The suspect was described as a female, approximately in her teens, with a light complexion, medium build and black hair. She was last seen wearing eyeglasses, a black jacket, black pants, and white sneakers.
No arrests have been made. People are asking the public to assist in identifying the suspect.
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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.