Crime & Safety
Glaring Bed-Stuy Subway Flasher Sought By Cops
The lecherous rider touched himself and exposed himself to a woman on a C train Friday morning, police said.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a creepy straphanger who touched himself on a train in Bed-Stuy Friday morning. The lecherous rider also exposed himself to a 26-year-old woman on the southbound C train near the Nostrand Avenue stop around 8:20 a.m., the NYPD said.
A photo captured the man, about 30 years old, glaring at the camera.
He's described as a black man standing 6 feet tall with an athletic build, police said. He was last seen wearing black cargo pants, a graphic T-shirt and a camouflage baseball cap.
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Anyone with information about the incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-8477 or 1-888-577-4782 to leave a tip in Spanish. New Yorkers can also text tips to 274637 or submit them online at nypdcrimestoppers.com.
(Lead image: This man exposed himself and touched himself on a C train in Bed-Stuy Friday morning, police said. Photo courtesy of the NYPD)
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