Crime & Safety

Pair Of Subway Pervs Strike On 7 Line, Cops Say

Two depraved straphangers inappropriately touched female riders — one of them a teen — about four days apart, police said.

JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY — Two pervy passengers felt up female straphangers — one of them a teen — on the 7 subway line about four days apart, police said. One of the alleged creeps touched a 15-year-old girl's "private area" on a 7 train near the 61st Street-Woodside station just before 8:40 a.m. on Dec. 12, the NYPD said.

The lecherous rider, described as a man in his 30s, hopped off the southbound train several stops later at Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue, police said.

The man stands 5-foot-7, weighs 180 pounds and was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, according to police.

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That incident came after another lewd rider allegedly grabbed a young woman's buttocks as she left the Roosevelt Avenue station on the evening of Dec. 8, the NYPD said.

The man walked toward the southbound 7 train platform after groping the 20-year-old around 8:45 p.m., according to police.

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He's described as 25 to 35 years old, standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 155 pounds, police said. He was last seen wearing a gray hat, a gray jacket and blue jeans, according to the NYPD.

Anyone with information about the incidents can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-8477 or 1-888-577-4782 to leave a tip in Spanish. New Yorkers can also text tips to 274637 or submit them online at nypdcrimestoppers.com.

(Lead image: Police say these two men allegedly felt up female straphangers on the 7 line about four days apart. Photos from the NYPD)

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