Woman Groped At 125th Street Subway Station, Police Say

HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man wanted for groping a woman at a Harlem subway station, police said.

A 28-year-old woman was exiting the 4 train station at East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue on the morning of Dec. 3 when an unknown man approached her and grabbed her buttocks, police said. After the groping, the man fled the scene in an unknown direction, police said.

The suspect is described as a man in his 20s or 30s standing 5-f00t-10 and weighing about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and dark jeans, police said. The NYPD released a photo of the suspect (seen above) taken on a subway station security camera.

The woman was not physically injured when she was groped, police said.

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

Photo by NYPD