Crime & Safety
Woman Groped In Manhattan Subway Station, Police Say
The perpetrator grabbed the 23-year-old by the buttocks.
MIDTOWN, NY — Police are searching for suspects after a 23-year-old woman was groped by a man in a Midtown subway station on Saturday, New York City Police Department officials said.
According to the NYPD, on Saturday at 8:40 a.m., the victim was walking along the mezzanine of the 42nd Street subway station when a man approached her and grabbed her buttocks.
Then, the man left the subway station and ran away, police said.
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Police are still investigating the incident and have not made any arrests yet.
Police are looking for the man in the surveillance photo, last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, dark blue pants and white sneakers.
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Police said anyone with information regarding this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips.
For questions and tips, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.
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