Crime & Safety

Flatbush Groper Assaults 11-Year-Old, Flees Into Subway: Cops

Police released a photo of the suspect, who wore a cap identifying him as "security," Tuesday night.

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN -- Police are looking for a man dressed as a security guard who groped an 11-year-old kid then fled into a Brooklyn subway station.

The man was sporting a cap that said "Security" when he cornered the little girl near Foster and Nostrand avenues at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, said police.

He touched her body over her clothing then fled into the 2 and 5 train station at Newkirk and Nostrand avenues, police said.

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Police are now looking for a man in his late 20s who stands about 5-foot 5-inches and was last seen wearing black cargo pants and black t-shirt.


Photo courtesy of the NYPD

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