Crime & Safety
Video Released Of Upper West Side Attempted Rape Suspect: NYPD
NYPD sent out a video Tuesday of a man wanted in connection to trying to pull a woman's pants down on an UWS train.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A new video has been released a day after police announced that a man exposed himself and tried to pull an 18-year-old woman's pants down on an Upper West Side train, police said.
Less than 24 hours after NYPD first revealed the details surrounding the attempted rape, police sent out a video Tuesday of the suspect walking on a train platform shortly before the incident took place.
The suspect was last seen carrying a McDonald's food bag and wearing bright red sneakers, police said and the video shows.
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A man followed the 18-year-old woman from the 125th Street 2 train stop, before exposing himself and trying to grab her pants as the train pulled into the 72nd Street station, police said.
A Good Samaritan was able to help thwart the attack and get the woman to the safety of a different car, 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).
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