Abduction, Assault At Long Island Rail Road Sparks Manhunt (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Cops are hunting for a man who attacked and possibly abducted a woman last week at a Long Island Rail Road station, new security footage released on Saturday shows.

The disturbing video shows a man in a black jacket throwing haymakers at the woman as soon as she gets off a train at the Ronkonkoma Station, knocking her down, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority press release.

The two exchange words inside a nearby shop before the man forces her to leave at about 7:40 a.m. on March 4. The footage shows the man waving his hands around before he grabbed his victim by the hair and pulled her off screen.

That's when he allegedly threw her over his shoulder, stuffed her inside a Nissan Altima and drove off toward the Long Island Expressway, the New York Post reported.

The suspect is described as 25 to 30 years old, 5-foot-10, and 185 to 200 pounds. Anyone who knows either the suspect or the victim in the video should call MTA police at [phone].

Comments

[Yank in France]

05:53 PM on 03/17/2012

I am sorry but I have seen worse many times. Apparently it is a "cultural" thang!

[JackVandusen]

09:59 PM on 04/25/2012

If you're saying what it sounds like you're saying, shame on you.

[LREKing]

06:28 PM on 03/14/2012

A woman caught on surveillance video being beaten by a man last week at the Ronkonkoma train station has contacted MTA Police to tell them she is safe, authorities said.

An MTA spokesman told the Press that investigators no longer believe the incident to be an abduction and the woman does not want to press charges, but police are still looking for the man in the video.

http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/03/12/woman-in-ronkonkoma-attack-safe-cops-say/

[headkat1]

09:42 PM on 03/13/2012

This is more the couple's responsibility..they obviously know one another....then how can "others" intervene; how can an onlooker determine what's really happening?? It looks to me that she has had opportunity to get help.....this can't be the first time.....

[K Moss]

11:09 PM on 03/13/2012

Are you out of your mind?

[headkat1]

10:11 PM on 03/15/2012

K Moss,
No, I'm not "out of my mind".....it's wrong no matter what! There's no excuse!

[Jared Jentzsch]

02:09 AM on 03/14/2012

Yeah, the way she tried to slam her body into his hand. Or how her hair just got tangled in his fist. How she tried to intimidate him in the shop by cowering in the corner. Or how she tried to jump on his shoulder as he got in his car. You sir, are an idiot.

[headkat1]

10:13 PM on 03/15/2012

Jared Jentzsch.....you misunderstood

[DoveSong]

08:42 PM on 03/13/2012

catch this bas%ard and quick!

[mother10]

12:51 AM on 03/14/2012

no chit

[TheBestPatriot]

06:56 PM on 03/13/2012

Horrifying.

[NatCatonTheProwl]

05:31 PM on 03/13/2012

are there any leads on this? a follow-up on this is a must.

[Carys Germany]

02:46 PM on 03/13/2012

read an article with comment from the dispatcher inside the store she went into, he said that the woman didnt ask for help just asked to use the restroom. (clearly trying to get away from her attacker! hello) he also said that he didnt notice her in distress otherwise he wouldve intervened. (you couldnt see that guy grab her and drag her outside from your window seat?) its terrible that we dont feel obligated to help others.

[egs1217]

02:50 AM on 03/16/2012

@Carys - No. He can't see what's going on from the booth. HIS security is uppermost at the station (since the ticket clerks are very vulnerable), so the booth is constructed to limit contact with the public. If you look again at the view from the camera outside the booth, his view would not allow him to see her off to the side - and he only saw the abuser bending down here and there to look through the open part of the window. Only IF he happened to be looking straight ahead at the exact moment the guy grabbed her and dragged her towards the door, would he even realize what was happening. WE saw it through the camera's eye - he didn't have that luxury. People have a false idea of the view the cameras provide. They're only giving this 'movie' after the fact. The woman who came in later obviously realized 'something' was happening and hurried outside - was likely the one who gave the description and reported an assault and abduction. So people DO get involved. The station is deserted at 7:40 a.m. on Sunday mornings. If it'd been a weekday this would NEVER have gone down the way it did had there been the usual number of weekday commuters. At least we now know she's alive - that's a huge fear alleviated (for me), but they need to get this guy, and quick.

[CraigVale]

12:48 PM on 03/13/2012

Any updates on this story?

[maybesomeday]

09:18 AM on 03/13/2012

She definitely knows this guy. They way he knocked her down and she was able to walk away into the station or the store and he followed her. She didn't look frightened, she looked like she just wanted to get away from this guy and not because he was a stranger trying to lure her away.

Scary to think she could have wound up in the woods somewhere strangled to death. What man thinks this is okay? He's a beast and one only has to wait for him to show up at her house in a few days before they catch him and lock him up....

[Ystorm]

08:53 AM on 03/13/2012

This is disturbing. And I hope they find the POS that is in the video.

[TheBestPatriot]

06:57 PM on 03/13/2012

Agreed.

[DC Broughton]

08:02 AM on 03/13/2012

Anyone can see the male and female in the video clips knew each other. I posted earlier that this was either a case of domestic violence or possibly a prostitution situation. Everyone replied how racists those comments were. My reply is those who stated that are projecting their own thoughts and prejudices. All races have domestic violence problems and just because I stated it was a case of domestic violence(they found the woman, she didn't press charges) doesn't make it a racist statement. The prostitution comment was a little offhand, I think those stiletto's threw me off.

[Ystorm]

08:53 AM on 03/13/2012

It doesn't matter if they know each other. Its still violence.

[MoeB]

12:03 PM on 03/13/2012

If you were being accused of being "racist", then it was most likely due to your comments on her possibly being a prostitute, not because you stated that they knew each other and it could've been a case of domestic violence.

[DC Broughton]

02:39 PM on 03/13/2012

my stance is I never even referred to the ethnicity of the male or female. Repliers just projected their prejudices in rebuttal.

[tribrutepeetagirls]

02:01 AM on 03/13/2012

What makes this assualt situation worst is that no one stepped in to help the woman who is in obvious danger. There needs to be more accountiblity for the people who are merely bystanders in this situation. There needs to be some type of device that person can use when they are in this type of situation where no one will help the innocent.

[sanfran55]

08:42 AM on 03/13/2012

I agree - maybe a code on a cell phone for abduction in progress?

[ReneeMLC]

11:16 PM on 03/26/2012

http://www.facebook.com/OnCallDefender

[CraigVale]

12:50 PM on 03/13/2012

At the very end of the video it looks like the patron in the store runs outside.

[Chance109]

08:28 AM on 03/13/2012

How can your statement be justified. Surely, this would not be viewed as acceptable behavior toward the women in your family. Obviously the awareness needs to begin with you!

[sanfran55]

08:43 AM on 03/13/2012

Tell me you just didn't say that. You like men acting like cave men and dragging women around by the hair?

[childeharr]

07:38 PM on 03/12/2012

The original YouTube video actually adds an update to the case. The video's description says the woman later came in and is safe. I can't believe HP just ignored this.

[wwoody]

10:52 PM on 03/12/2012

I hope you're correct...

[Banghouse]

06:49 AM on 03/13/2012

Yeah I saw this days ago on another website....Smh.

[FreshlyWoken]

06:09 PM on 03/12/2012

In NY state, Police investigating a 'Domsetic Incident' must arrest if one of the parties is injured, regardless if that party wants the partner arrested. I would think that this video satisfies their investigation into who is the agressor, with or without her cooperation.