Crime & Safety
Young Woman Groped At Train Station Near President Street: PD
The male attacker tried to muffle the young woman's screams while groping her, according to the NYPD.
BROOKLYN, NY — A young woman was groped in a Brooklyn subway station this weekend by an attacker who tried to muffle her screams, police said.
The 20-year-old was walking in the Carroll Street subway station, located at the corner of Smith and President streets, shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday when a man wearing a Brooklyn Nets baseball cap grabbed her from behind, according to the NYPD.
The man put his hand over the woman's mouth to try and muffle the sounds of her screams, police said.
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The woman, though, put up a struggle, and was eventually able to break free and yell out for help, according to the NYPD.
The attack left her with "minor injuries" but she didn't accept medical help at the time, police said.
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The attacker, meanwhile, ran off into the station, said police, who were still looking for him as of Sunday morning.
Law enforcement officials released a surveillance photo of the attacker Sunday, and described him as about 25-years-old with a mustache and a goatee.
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