Crime & Safety
Wanted Man Exposes Himself To Woman In Washington Heights: NYPD
A woman was refilling her MetroCard at the 181t Street A train station when a man came up behind her and exposed himself, police said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A subway menace wanted for groping a woman in The Bronx came to Washington Heights last weekend to flash a straphanger, police said over the weekend.
A 45-year-old woman was refilling her MetroCard inside the West 181st Street A train station on Nov. 12 about 10:22 p.m., when the menace snuck up behind her, police said.
The man exposed himself and rubbed himself against the woman's back before running away, said police.
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The uptown incident comes a few weeks after a man pressed his head against a woman's butt at the East Bedford Park Boulevard and Grand Concourse subway station staircase, police said.
NYPD believes the same man is responsible for both incidents.
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Police describe the man as between 25 and 30 years old.
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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