Traffic & Transit

Man Grabs 14-Year-Old's Butt On Upper West Side Train: Police

A 14-year-old girl was riding the 1 train near West 66th Street on Tuesday when a man grabbed her from behind, police said.

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An image of the man wanted in connection to a forcible touching crime on the Upper West Side, according to NYPD.
An image of the man wanted in connection to a forcible touching crime on the Upper West Side, according to NYPD. (Photo courtesy of NYPD)

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who grabbed a 14-year-old girl's butt while riding the 1 train on the Upper West Side.

The girl was standing on the 1 train near West 66th Street on Tuesday about 7:30 a.m., when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her butt, police said.

The man and the girl then remained on the train for an unspecified amount of time, police said.

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The teenage girl was not injured in the incident, police said.

Police describe the man as 25 to 30 years old, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches, and last seen wearing a gold and blue knit hat.

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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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