Crime & Safety

Man Pees On Subway Platform, Slaps Woman In The Butt, And Flees: NYPD

The suspect was seen relieving himself on the Metropolitan Avenue G train station in March, police said.

WILLIAMSBURG — Police are searching for the man who peed on a G train station platform then slapped a woman in the butt.

The 27-year-old woman spotted the suspect relieving himself behind a trash can at the Metropolitan Avenue station near Lorimer Street around 10:30 a.m. on March 25, police said.

The woman tried to walk past him, but the man ran up from behind, slapped her buttocks, and ran toward the G train, said police.

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Video surveillance footage caught an image of the suspect, whom police describe as a man in his late teens wearing a black hoodie, jeans and white Adidas sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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