NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Subway riders fled a train on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning after a man groped a woman and threatened to “touch” and “stab” anyone he wants, police said.
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The NYPD released a surveillance image Wednesday of the suspect as they continued to search for him.
The 24-year-old victim was on a southbound B train nearing the 81st Street–Museum of Natural History station around 6:30 a.m. when the man came up and allegedly told her he could “touch anyone he wants.”
He also said he would “stab people in the eyes,” according to police.
The man then grabbed the woman’s buttocks, police said.
The woman and other riders fled the train at the 72nd Street station, while the suspect remained on the train.
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