Crime & Safety
Woman Sexually Abused On Midtown East Street In Early AM Grab: Police
A man followed a woman on East 34th Street before grabbing her in an early morning attack, officials said.
MIDTOWN, NY — A woman walking on a Midtown East street was sexually attacked by a man in an early morning grab, according to police.
On Nov. 20, a 32-year-old woman was walking down East 34th Street between Park and Madison avenues at around 2:50 a.m. when an unknown man approached her, cops said.
The creep grabbed the woman's buttocks and breasts over her clothes, police said, and then fled west on West 34th Street.
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Officials said the woman did not report any injuries from the attack.
In addition to releasing a photo of a person they said was connected to the incident, police said the man appeared to be aged between 25 to 35-years-old, about five foot nine inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds.
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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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