Sexual Assault At UES Subway Station Foiled By Cops: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police stopped an attempted sexual assault at an Upper East Side subway station on Sunday, days after another assault at a nearby stop, according to the NYPD.

Around 9:18 p.m. Sunday, the victim, a 68-year-old woman, was riding a southbound Q train at 96th Street — sitting across from the suspect, a 34-year-old man.

The man exposed his genitals, approached the woman and tried to place them in her mouth, according to police. When she began to yell, the man grabbed her by the arm, trying to keep her quiet, police said.

Police officers patrolling the platform heard the woman's screams and apprehended the suspect "before any physical contact was made," an NYPD spokesperson said.

While patrolling the Q Station at 96th Street last night, 19th Precinct officers heard a woman screaming for help & raced to investigate.

They found a 68-year-old woman fighting off a stranger trying to sexually assault her, and quickly arrested him. Right place, right time. pic.twitter.com/RphFx6yYc1
— NYPD 19th Precinct (@NYPD19Pct) March 15, 2021

The alleged assailant was identified as Jimmy Milton, a Brooklyn resident. He faces charges including public lewdness and harassment.

Three days earlier, on Thursday, a 37-year-old woman was waiting for a train on the southbound 6 platform at the 86th Street–Lexington Avenue subway station when a man approached her from behind and "rubbed his groin area on her buttocks," police said.

He then fled the station on a southbound 6 train.

Police released images of the man, who they said was wanted for sexual assault.

Crime rates on the Upper East Side have dropped by nearly 45 percent in 2021 compared to the same period last year, according to NYPD statistics. In the neighborhood's 19th Precinct, only car thefts have risen, while robberies, assaults, burglaries and robberies have all decreased.

WANTED for SEXUAL ASSAULT
On Thursday, March 12, at 8am, on the 4/5/6 subway line at 86th Street & Lexington Avenue station.

Know him? Seen him? Know of his whereabouts? Please call 1-800-577-TIPS or DM @NYPDTips, all calls are confidential & you can remain anonymous. pic.twitter.com/hQc1sPeth2
— NYPD 19th Precinct (@NYPD19Pct) March 15, 2021