Crime & Safety

F Train Pervert Rubs Woman And Himself, Cops Say

Police are looking for a man caught masturbating on the F train on Friday.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- A sketchy straphanger rubbed a woman's thigh as he masturbated on a southbound F train last week, police said.

The 25-year-old woman felt the man sitting next to her rub her leg on a train in downtown Brooklyn at about 5 p.m. Friday, police said.

She noticed he was touching himself when she stood up to escape him and last saw him when she left the train at the Seventh Avenue station, said police.

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Police are now looking for a man in his late 50s, standing at 5-foot 6-inches, weighing about 180 pounds and last seen wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses resting on his head.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

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