This Guy Groped a 15-Year-Old Girl on the R Train, Police Say

Photos courtesy of the NYPD

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man (pictured above) who allegedly groped a 15-year-old girl on the R train earlier this month.

The suspect boarded the train just before 8 a.m. on April 6 at the line's 36th Street station, according to the NYPD.

He sat next to the victim and started to rub her thigh and lower back, according to police.

The girl left the train at the line's DeKalb Avenue stop, but the suspect followed her and touched her back again, police said — only ceasing after she left the station.

Detectives describe the man as being in his 20s.

Anyone with information regarding the suspect can confidentially report it on the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website, or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

This alleged crime took place in the NYPD's 72nd Precinct, which covers Sunset Park.

According to official police statistics, through April 3, major crimes were collectively up about 23 percent compared to the same time period last year. A total of 303 major crimes had been reported, compared to 246 in 2015.