Woman Groped While Riding Bus In Harlem: Police

HARLEM, NY — A woman was groped recently while riding a bus in Harlem, police said over the weekend.

A 23-year-old woman was standing on a BX19 bus at Lenox Avenue and West 145th Street about 8 a.m. on Thursday, when a man grabbed her butt without consent, police said.

The man then fled the bus at the West 149th Street and Exterior Street stop, before ducking into the Grand Concourse Subway Station, police said.

The woman was not injured and said she did not need medical attention, police said.

NYPD described the suspect as a 6 feet-tall man in his 50s, weight around 250 bounds, with a gray beard, police said.

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).