An East New York man will serve prison time for attempting to sexually assault a woman while she slept in her Williamsburg bedroom five years ago, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Heidi Cesare sentenced 29-year-old Akijah Hall to eight years in prison and 15 years of post-release supervision in connection to the 2019 attack, during which the victim’s screams alerted her roommate, who struggled with the defendant and ultimately caused him to flee. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.
