A $50,000 reward is expected to be offered to catch a robber who has been targeting Korean women in Koreatown and East Hollywood.
Earlier this month, police released surveillance video of a violent attack and robbery of a lady in a Los Angeles apartment building carried out by the suspect, who is wanted connection to three other similar attacks on lone women.
Now Los Angeles City Council are expected to approve a $50,000 award for information that leads to his capture at a meeting scheduled to be held at City Hall Friday.
The attacks have been escalating in terms of violence, and it is hoped the man can be caught before he carry out another.
Los Angeles police said the assailant was believed to be responsible for four different attacks on women in apartment building elevators in the Koreatown and East Hollywood areas.
The robberies took place on:
Nov. 9 about 4:25 a.m. in the 300 block of Alexandria Avenue.
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Nov. 23 about 12:30 a.m. in the 500 block of Hobart Boulevard.
Dec. 23 about 2 a.m. in the 300 block of Alexandria Avenue.
Dec. 30 about 10:50 p.m. in the 400 block of Westmoreland Avenue.
All four victims were Koreans, officials said.
"This individual is escalating his attacks," Jack Richter of the LAPD previously said. "The third attack involved a sexual battery, the fourth attack involved a sharp instrument. We want to catch this person."
Anyone with information about the robberies was asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at 213-382-9460.
