Traffic & Transit

Young Girls Shown Homemade Porn By Man On Subway, Police Say

Police are searching for the man who they say showed the girls the video on his phone.

Police are seeking this man who they say showed young girls porn on the subway.
Police are seeking this man who they say showed young girls porn on the subway. (NYPD)

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY – A man showed three young girls a homemade pornagraphic video on his phone as they rode on the subway through Washington Heights, police said. The man, who was not known to the girls, had not been caught as of Aug. 1.

The girls, two of which were 13 and the third 12, were sitting opposite the man on a northbound C train at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, near W 163rd Street-Amsterdam Avenue when he showed them the sexually explicit film on his cell phone, police said.

One of the girls took a photo of the man with her phone before the three got off the train, police said.

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The man is described as in his 20s or 30s with brown eyes and black hair. He was wearing a multi-colored baseball cap, a white t-shirt, read and white shorts, gray sneakers and black socks and he had on headphones.

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

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