Creep Masturbates In Times Square Subway Station, Police Said

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY -- The NYPD are tryig to identify a pervy subway rider who masturbated in front of a woman in the Times Square subway station, police said.

The man was aboard a downtown 2 train on thr night of July 16 when he began pleasing himself as the train pulled into 42nd Street, police said. The lude act was committed right in front of a 35-year-old woman, who was able to snap a photo of the creep and report him, police said.

The man is described as in his fifties, police said. He was last seen wearing a blue New York Yankees cap, a dark colored shirt, dark colored shorts and a red backpack.

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

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