Man Masturbates Then Smokes Cigarette On Brooklyn Q Train: Cops

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who lay across a bench inside a Q train and masturbated in front of other passengers on Monday afternoon.

The man sprawled across a train bench with his hands down his pants on a southbound Q train that had just left Dekalb Avenue station at about 12:30 p.m., police said. He masturbated "in full view of other passengers" then stood up to wipe his hands on one of the train's poles when he had "completed the act," police said.

The man then lit a cigarette and later exited the train at Church Avenue.

Police described the suspect as a man in his 50s, standing about 5-foot 8-inches tall and last seen wearing a light colored knit cap, a blue hooded sweater, a dark colored jacket, gray sweatpants, black and white sneakers and carrying a black backpack.

The Q train smoker is wanted for public lewdness, according to police.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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