Crime & Safety
Creep Caught Exposing Himself To Woman Doing Laundry In Queens
The man was caught on tape exposing himself and demanding a sex act from the woman in a Jamaica apartment complex's laundry room, cops say.
JAMAICA, QUEENS -- One woman doing laundry in a Queens apartment complex was forced to think quickly when she was approached by a masked man who exposed himself and demanded she perform a sex act, police said.
Cops are now searching for the creep, who was caught on tape exposing himself in the laundry room of a Jamaica apartment complex near 162nd Street and Jamaica Avenue at around 3 p.m. on Jan. 17.
The NYPD released surveillance footage on Monday of the masked man unzipping his pants in front of the 23-year-old woman - his back to the camera - before moving to corner her and demanding the sex act, cops said.
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Acting quickly, the woman is shown using a laundry cart to block herself from the man and push him away. The man is then shown fleeing the laundry room, pants still open, in an unknown direction.
Cops described the masked suspect as a man in his twenties, and said he was also carrying a black backpack and headset at the time of the attack.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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