Crime & Safety
Man Gropes Woman In Long Island City Subway Station, Police Say
A 47-year-old woman was walking up the stairs of the 21 Street subway station when a man grabbed her, police said.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — Police are searching for a man who they say groped a woman in a Long Island City subway station last month.
Around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, July 30 — amid rush hour commute traffic — a man walked up to a 47-year-old woman on a stairway in the 21st Street subway station and grabbed her rear end, police reported.
He then ran away in an unknown direction, NYPD officials said.
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The woman who was groped wasn't injured by the assault, according to police officials.
On Thursday, police released a security camera photo of the man from the subway station.
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Anyone with information about this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) or submit a tip online or on Twitter.
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