The police released video of a subway rider who is wanted for public lewdness on an R train earlier this month.
The incident occurred on January 7th, at 4:10 a.m., according to the NYPD, who says, "The 31-year-old female victim was aboard a southbound 'R' train as it was leaving DeKalb Avenue station when an unidentified individual sat across and began to rub his groin while staring at the victim. The individual exited the train on Pacific Street subway station."
The suspect is described as being about 45 years old, 5'9" and 195 pounds and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, black pants, gray sneakers and black hat.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
If you see or experience sexual misconduct in the subway (this includes seeing a masturbator, being groped, being grinded on, etc.), you can report it to the MTA and police on this website. There's also a place for you to upload photos and/or video. Don't let the perverts win.
