Crime & Safety

Crown Heights Groper Sought By Police

Officials released a photo of a man they are seeking in connection to a grope that occurred last Saturday.

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Police released this photo early Friday morning of a person they are looking for in connection to the incident.
Police released this photo early Friday morning of a person they are looking for in connection to the incident. (NYPD)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police released a photo of a man they are seeking in connection to a groping incident that occurred last Saturday in Crown Heights.

The 23-year-old woman was groped while walking on St. Johns Place between Buffalo and Rochester avenues just past midnight on Nov. 5, according to police.

The stranger grabbed her butt over her clothing then ran away down St. Johns Place towards Buffalo Avenue, police said.

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Officials added that the victim was uninjured in the incident.

Police describe the individual as standing under 6 feet tall, weighing about 195 pounds and sporting black dreadlocks.

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Police are seeking this person in connection to a grope last week. (NYPD)

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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