Subway Flasher Touches Self On Midtown Train, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man who flashed his privates and then fondled himself on a subway train traveling through Midtown Manhattan, police said.

The man was riding a Queens-bound 7 train on the night of Wednesday April, 4, when he exposed his privates, police said. Passengers on the train reported seeing the man touching himself, police said.

The man is wanted for public lewdness and is described as being in his 30s, standing about 6-feet-tall and weighing about 285 pounds, police said. The man has brown eyes and was last seen wearing a green jacket and blue baseball cap, police said.

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

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