Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who groped a teenage girl inside the 72nd Street subway station late last month, then took off on a downtown train.
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According to the NYPD, the incident happened at about 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, inside the station on 72nd and Broadway. Police said a 17-year-old girl was standing against a staircase railing, waiting for her train, when a man walking down the stairs grabbed her buttocks. He then left on a southbound 1 train.The NYPD is treating it as a forcible touching incident. The case falls under the 20th Precinct and Transit District 1.
Police haven’t identified the man yet, but they’ve released a description and image (below). They say he has a medium skin tone, is roughly 40 to 45 years old, stands about 5 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs approximately 200 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. Tips can also be submitted online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X at @NYPDTips. Police say all calls are kept strictly confidential.
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