Woman Groped Entering Washington Heights Building: Police

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Police are asking the public to help identify a man who allegedly groped a woman as she entered a building in Washington Heights.

On Sunday, August 28 around 7 p.m. a woman, 22, was entering a building near West 163 Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue when a man approached her from behind, police said. The man attempted to hug her and then groped her, police said. When the woman was able to push the man off of her he fled the building, police told Patch.

The man (pictured above) was wearing black sneakers, gray sweatpants, a gray T-shirt, a multi-colored button down shirt and a green baseball cap, 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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