This Man Groped A Woman On An Upper East Side Subway Platform, Police Say

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a suspect wanted for forcible touching for groping a woman on an Upper East Side subway platform, police told Patch.

The man (pictured above) approached a 57-year-old woman on the 6 train platform at the subway station on Lexington Avenue and East 77th Street, police said. The man then grabbed the woman's butt and fled the subway station in an unknown direction, police told Patch.

The sexual assault occurred on April 14 around 5:30 a.m., police said.

The suspect is described as a man in his 30s standing 5-foot-6 and weighing around 175 pounds, police said. At the time of the attack he was wearing a light blue shirt and black jacket, police told Patch. (For more New York City news delivered straight to your inbox sign up for Patch's free newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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