BY GABE HERMAN | Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted in connection with a groping incident in the Union Square subway station earlier this summer, police said.
The incident occurred on Wed., July 31, around 4:40 p.m. A 25-year-old woman was exiting the station up a staircase at 14th St., when she was approached from behind by a man. The stranger grabbed her buttocks, then fled on foot out of the station.
Police released surveillance-camera images of the alleged groper taken in the Union Square station shortly after the incident.
Anyone with information should call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted on the Crime Stoppers Web site at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All tips are strictly confidential.
