What you should know
- The New York City Police Department is asking for help identifying a man who they say groped a woman and then tried to punch her in the face in a Bronx subway station.
- According to police, shortly after 8 am on September 16, a man touched the buttocks of a 56-year-old woman as she was walking up the stairs to the Freeman Street “2/5” subway station in the East Morrisania section of The Bronx.
- Subsequently, police say, the woman walked to the mezzanine area after a brief verbal exchange with the man, who then followed her to the turnstile and tried to punch her in the face. The man failed to punch the woman and ran down the stairs to the street.
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NEW YORK – The New York City Police Department is asking for help identifying a man who they say groped a woman and then tried to punch her in the face in a Bronx subway station.
According to police, shortly after 8 am on September 16, a man touched the buttocks of a 56-year-old woman as she was walking up the stairs to the Freeman Street “2/5” subway station in the East Morrisania section of The Bronx.
Subsequently, police say, the woman walked to the mezzanine area after a brief verbal exchange with the man, who then followed her to the turnstile and tried to punch her in the face. The man failed to punch the woman and ran down the stairs to the street.
The man is described as being about 38 years old, 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, according to police. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater, a neon green safety vest, black pants, and black shoes.
Police ask anyone with information to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their advice by logging into the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/.
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