Man gropes woman's backside on Brooklyn subway steps; suspect sought

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police on Tuesday released surveillance footage of a man wanted for groping a woman's backside at the stairs of a Brooklyn subway station in April.

It happened at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Sunday, April 23 as a 20-year-old woman was walking up the steps of the Liberty Avenue subway station in East New York.

According to officials, the suspect approached the woman from behind and grabbed her buttocks.

BK Grope suspect
Photo credit NYPD

The suspect then fled into the subway station.

There were no reported injuries as a result of this incident.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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