Woman Groped In Midtown's Greeley Square: NYPD

MIDTOWN, NY — A woman was groped by a stranger in a Midtown square in late August, police said Tuesday.

The 36-year-old woman was walking around Greeley Square at about 10 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks, police said.

Officials said the victim was not physically harmed in the altercation and that the man immediately fled in an unknown direction.

The person is described as around six foot one inches tall and thin, according to police.

An image was also released by officials.

This is the fourth reported groping in the area around Herald Square since May.

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).