Crime & Safety
Man Masturbated In Crowded Brooklyn A Train, Police Say
A 27-year-old woman noticed the suspect as her train approached the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station Wednesday morning, said police.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the man who was seen masturbating in a crowded A train last week.
A 27-year-old woman, who was riding the Manhattan-bound train Wednesday around 11:15 a.m., looked up and saw man touching himself over his clothes as the train approached the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, police said.
The woman snapped a photo then fled the train at the Jay Street-MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn, police said.
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Police released the photo, which shows a man wearing a dark knit cap, dark jacket, striped purple shirt and a MetroCard case hanging around his neck.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
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Photo courtesy of the NYPD.
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