Man Gropes 12-Year-Old Girl In Park Slope, Police Say

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Authorities are looking for a man who they say groped a 12-year-old girl in Park Slope last week.

It was around 7:45 p.m. on the night of Thursday, Sept. 14, when the girl was playing inside of Washington Park, on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues, according to police.

That's when the man approached her and "grabbed her buttocks," police said. He then fled the area, according to police.

Little information was given about the suspect. But the man who they say was behind the groping is pictured above on surveillance footage.

Here's how anyone with information about the incident can report it to police:

Anyone with information in regards 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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