Crime & Safety

Police Seek New Year's Eve Groper In Midtown: NYPD

The man stuck his hands in the victim's underwear, cops said.

Police have released a photo of the suspect in the incident.
Police have released a photo of the suspect in the incident. (NYPD )

MIDTOWN, NY — Police are searching for a man who groped a 25-year-old woman on New Year's Eve in Midtown, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, on Jan. 1 at 12:05 a.m. in a building on West 46th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues, a man approached the 25-year-old woman, sticking his hand into her underwear and touching her.

Police are searching for the suspect, and investigating the incident, officials said.

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