Crime & Safety
UWS Subway Station Groper Sought, NYPD Says
The assailant grabbed the female victim's buttocks as she was walking up the stairs during peak commuting hours last week, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY - A man who reportedly grabbed a woman’s buttocks at the Cathedral Parkway subway station earlier this month is being sought by authorities.
The 28-year-old female victim was walking up the subway station stairs about 7:45 a.m. on Oct. 3 when she was grabbed by the assailant, police said.
The groper then fled the area on foot, police said. The victim did not report any physical injuries as a result of the incident.
The assailant is described as a man about five feet five inches tall and 170 pounds with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a gray tracksuit with matching gray pants.
Anyone with information in regard to the 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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