Crime & Safety
Chelsea Subway Station Groper Sought, NYPD Says
A female straphanger was waiting for a train inside the Eighth Avenue station when a man grabbed her chest last month, police said.
CHELSEA, NY - Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed a female straphanger’s chest inside a subway station in Chelsea last month.
The 33-year-old victim was waiting for a train on the northbound platform of the 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station when an unidentified man approach her and grabbed her chest, police said.
The victim didn’t report any physical injuries reported as a result of the incident.
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Anyone with information in regard to the 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).
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