Crime & Safety
East Harlem Subway Station Groper Sought: NYPD
The 58-year-old victim was leaving the East 125 Street and Lexington Avenue train station when the unprompted grab took place, police said.
HARLEM, NY - A woman grabbed a straphanger’s buttocks inside a train station last month, the New York City Police Department said Saturday.
The grab happened shortly before 8 a.m. on Aug. 22 at the East 125 Street and Lexington Avenue train station, police said.
An unknown woman approached the 58-year-old female victim from behind and grabbed her buttocks as the victim was leaving the station, police said. The assailant fled on foot to the southbound platform.
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No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
The woman being sought has a slim build, is between 30 to 35 years old and stands between five feet three inches to five feet four inches, police said.
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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).
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