Crime & Safety
2 Women Sexually Attacked On The Upper West Side: NYPD
A man attacked two women from behind near the 79th Street 1 train station on April 30, police said Thursday.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Two women were sexually attacked recently on the Upper West Side, police said on Thursday.
The first attack happened about 9 p.m. on April 30th near the corner of 78th Street and West End Avenue., when a man approached a 49-year-old woman from behind and touched her private area, before running away, police said.
The second attack happened five minutes later, when a man snuck up behind a 43-year-old woman near West 78th Street and Broadway, grabbed her around the neck, and touched her privates, police said.
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He then fled onto the uptown platform of the 79th Street station, police said.
Neither woman sustained injuries, police said.
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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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