Crime & Safety
Police Search For UES Bus Groper: NYPD
A stranger groped a 20-year-old woman on a Lexington Avenue bus earlier this month, officials said.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man groped a young woman riding a Lexington Avenue bus on the Upper East Side earlier in February, police said Wednesday.
On Feb. 9 at about 7 a.m., a 20-year-old woman was riding a M102 bus on Lexington Avenue, officials said.
As the bus approached East 72nd Street, a man walked up to her and grabbed her buttocks, according to police.
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The stranger then fled the bus at East 72nd Street, officials said.
No injuries were reported.
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In addition to releasing an image of the suspected groper, police said the man appeared to be around five foot 10 inches tall and wore a ski cap with "Harlem" spelled across it in white lettering, army fatigue pants, a black hooded sweatshirt and black sneakers.
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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