Serial Groper Strikes On Manhattan's East Side

2009_05_sergro.jpg Police are searching for a man suspected of groping at least three women in a two-hour period this past Wednesday. According to WABC 7: "The suspect first accosted a woman at a Rite-Aid drugstore on Second Avenue at East 30th Street at around 6:15 p.m. He allegedly put his hand up the woman's skirt, grabbed her crotch and buttocks and ran out of the store. Next, he did the same thing to a woman in the lobby of her building on Second Avenue near East 36th Street at around 7 p.m... He then allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old woman in the elevator of her building on East 56th Street near Third Avenue at 8:15 p.m." Police say the suspect is around 5'10" and 200-240 pounds, in his 30s or 40s with long black hair (he may be Native American). And an East Side resident told WCBS 2, "It's scary. I have a 6-year-old daughter. Can you imagine some man comes up from behind and grabs you? Scary."

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he was just looking for some crack.
the war on drugs is moot.

"he was just looking for some crack"

I'd say he found some. Front and back.

"The suspect first accosted a woman at a Rite-Aid drugstore on Second Avenue at East 30th Street at around 6:15 p.m. Sounds like someone just got released from Bellvue.

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