Cops Seek Flushing Bus Masturbator

FLUSHING, QUEENS -- Police are searching for a masturbating straphanger who began to fondle himself in front of other passengers aboard a Flushing bus.

The suspect boarded the Q37 bus at the northeast corner of Kissena Boulevard and Elder Avenue at around 7 a.m. on June 18 and began to touch his genitals over his sweatpants, cops said.

The man continued touching himself until the next stop, where he got off the bus and fled, authorities said.

The NYPD released a photo of the suspected masturbator on Wednesday. Police described him as a 35-year-old man with a beard and dreadlocks, standing at about 6 feet tall and weighing roughly 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding the above incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Lead photo via NYPD.