Crime & Safety

Herald Square Groper Still At Large: Police

The NYPD are still looking for a man who twice grabbed a 55-year-old woman in Herald Square in late May, officials said.

Officials released a still of a man they say is connected to the incident.
Officials released a still of a man they say is connected to the incident. (NYPD)

MIDTOWN, NY — A man who twice groped a woman in Herald Square last May is still on the loose, police said.

The 55-year-old woman was first targeted by the perverted stranger as she stood on West 35th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue on May 25 around 4:40 p.m., according to police.

As she stood near Herald Square, a man who police described as between 60 to 65-years-old dressed head-to-toe in denim walked up and grabbed her rear end, officials said.

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The woman walked away and entered the Herald Square subway station, where the denim-donned man followed her and grabbed her from behind a second time, police said.

NYPD officials said the man then fled the station.

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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).

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