Crime & Safety
Man Masturbates On Upper West Side Train, Police Says
A 35-year-old woman was riding the subway on the Upper West Side when she noticed a man staring at her and rubbing himself.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man accused of masturbating on a train traveling through the Upper West Side, police told Patch.
A 35-year-old woman was riding a southbound 1 train from West 79th Street to West 72nd Street on Thursday when she notice a passenger staring at her and rubbing his genitals, police told Patch. The woman exited the train at the West 72nd Street and Broadway station, police told Patch.
The man (pictured above) remained on the train after the woman exited, police said. He is described as a man in his 40s and was last seen wearing dark colored clothing, glasses, and a white baseball hat, police told Patch.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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