Crime & Safety
Police Search For Harlem Groper: NYPD
The man used his phone to record the sexual assault last month, police said.

HARLEM, NY — A sicko who likes to document his perverted acts is still being sought by police officers after he recorded an attack on a woman in Harlem last month, police said.
A 33-year-old woman was walking home on West 122nd Street and Malcolm X Boulevard at about 9:25 p.m. on Dec. 29 when a stranger approached her, police said.
The man strided up close to her and, while recording with his phone, grabbed the woman's buttocks, officials said.
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In reaction, the woman and the man began pushing each other as the woman tried to grab the man's phone, a struggle that ended when the unknown man shoved the victim against a fence, police said.
The man fled in an unknown direction, according to officials.
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Police released an image of a person they say is connected to the incident, and added that he appeared to have a slim build and is about five foot eight inches tall.
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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