Man Wearing Christmas Tree Skirt Stalks Subway Rider: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man with a penchant for wearing Christmas tree skirts is wanted for tormenting a subway rider after stalking her from the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station onto a train car while holding an ice pick.

The 29-year-old woman said she first noticed the man smoking a cigarette near the turnstiles of the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station, police told Patch. The man followed the woman onto the train platform and eventually onto the same southbound N train, police said.

The man and women entered the N train at different cars, but the woman later noticed the man had followed her onto the same train car after leaving the station, police said. The woman exited the train at 42 Street-Times Square and the man holding the ice pick remained on the train, police said.

The man is wanted for menacing, police told Patch. The suspect (pictured above) is described as 5-foot-3, 145 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and medium complexion, police said. He was wearing black shoes and a red Christmas tree skirt, police said.

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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