Crime & Safety

Man Flahes Genitalia To Woman Riding BK-Bound Train: NYPD

Officials said that a man flashed himself inside a Brooklyn train and later fled from a Crown Heights station

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A man is wanted by police in connection with an incident where he flashed his genitals to a woman aboard a Brooklyn subway train.

A 21-year-old female victim reported to police that on April 7 at around 4:15 p.m. while aboard a southbound "2" train an unknown individual inside the subway exposed himself.

The individual exited the train at the President Street-Medgar Evers College subway station and fled to parts unknown, police said.

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No injuries were reported.

The individual is described as standing 6'0" tall, and approximately 25-years-old. He was last seen wearing a black facemask, a black hooded jacket, blue jeans, and multicolored sneakers, police said.

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The NYPD released surveillance images of the individual, taken from subway station cameras.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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