Crime & Safety
Police Seeking Upper East Side Subway Groper
A man grabbed a woman's buttocks at an Upper East Side Q train station on the evening before Thanksgiving, police said.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man groped a woman inside an Upper East Side subway station on the night before Thanksgiving, police said.
As a 49-year-old woman rode an escalator inside the 96th Street Q train at around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a man came up behind her and touched her buttocks, police said.
The groper then fled to a downtown Q train, officials said, where he rode off into the night.
Find out what's happening in Upper East Sidefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Police said there were no injuries reported and that the man is still at large.
In addition to a released image of a person believed to be connected to the grope, police said the person appeared to be about five foot seven inches, weighing around 170 pounds and approximately 35-years-old.
Find out what's happening in Upper East Sidefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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).
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
