Con Ed Impersonator Gropes Teen In Uptown Building, Police Say

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man accused of groping a 14-year-old girl inside her Washington Heights apartment building, police said.

The suspect and another woman pretended to be a Con Edison employee Wednesday to get access to a building on West 191 Street, police said. While inside the building, the duo attempted to enter multiple apartments.

While trying to get into one apartment, a 14-year-old girl who lived in the building denied them entrance, police said. Later on, the girl attempted to pass the man on a staircase when the accused groper grabbed her buttocks and fled the building, police said.

Police released a photo of the man (seen above) and described him as standing about 5-foot-10 and weighing about 165 pounds.

The 14-year-old girl was not physically injured, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).