Serial Groper Suspect Loose In Brooklyn, Police Say

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are looking for a man who they suspect groped two different women on Atlantic Avenue last week in Cypress Hills.

New York City Police Department officials say that in the first known instance of the pattern, the suspect grabbed a 24-year-old woman's breast on Sept. 18 around 7:30 p.m. at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Barbey Street before fleeing down Barbey Street on a scooter.

On Sept. 19, in the next known instance of the pattern, the suspect approached a 17-year-old girl on the Q24 bus on Euclid Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, groping her inner thigh and breast around 8 a.m., before leaving the bus and running eastbound on Crescent Avenue, NYPD officials said.

Police describe the suspect as a man with a slim build and dark complexion who was last seen in a black and yellow baseball cap, a blue sweater with red and white stripes, black pants with a pattern, and blue and yellow sneakers.

NYPD officials say that anyone with information about this forcible touching pattern can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).