Crime & Safety
NYPD Repeats Call For Help About Man Groping Women In The Heights
Police rereleased photos Thursday of a man wanted in connection to two women getting groped in Upper Manhattan at the end of July.
UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — The New York Police Department sent out its second call for help Thursday in identifying a suspect wanted in connection to two women getting groped in Upper Manhattan at the end of July.
The first incident happened at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 26, when a man approached a 27-year-old woman near Wadsworth Avenue and West 192nd Street and grabbed her butt, police said. The man then ran away, and the woman wasn't injured.
The second incident happened 20 minutes later when a man approached a 29-year-old woman in front of 1599 Saint Nicholas Avenue (near West 190th Street), and grabbed her breast, police said. Again, the man ran away, and the woman was not injured.
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The New York Police Department sent out pictures Thursday of the man wanted in connection to the gropings.
Photos courtesy of the New York Police Department.
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Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male 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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