Crime & Safety

Man Molests Woman On Upper East Side Subway Train: NYPD

Police officials said the creepy stranger grabbed a woman's buttocks midday Thursday.

Police released an image of a person wanted in connection to the grope.
Police released an image of a person wanted in connection to the grope. (NYPD, Peter Senzamici/Patch)

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man grabbed a woman's buttocks on an Upper East Side train midday Thursday, police said.

The stranger made his sick advances on a 30-year-old woman riding an uptown 6 train at the 59th Street subway station about 12:45 p.m., according to officials.

After grabbing her buttocks, the man then fled the train and the station, police said.

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Officials added that no injuries have been reported.

Police described the man as about 6 feet tall with a heavy build, and released an image of a person believed to be connected to the grab.

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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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