Crime & Safety

Teen Groped On Forest Hills Roadway: NYPD

Police released a sketch of the man wanted for groping a 16-year-old girl near Yellowstone Boulevard and Queens Boulevard.

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS -- Police are searching for a man accused of groping a 16-year-old girl while she was walking down a busy Forest Hills roadway last month.

The teen girl was walking near Yellow Stone Boulevard and Queens Boulevard on Dec. 19 at around 4:30 p.m. when the man came up behind her and grabbed her groin, police said. He then fled on foot toward Jewel Avenue.

The NYPD released a sketch of the suspected groper, who cops described as a light-complexioned man between 25 and 30 years old with black hair. He was last seen wearing a black hat and a black leather jacket with a logo of what appeared to be a bull or ram on the sleeve.

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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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