TRANSIT SEX ATTACKS: 2 wanted for groping girls on Queens bus and at 30 Rock subway station

The suspect in the subway attack (left) and the suspect in the bus attack (right)
The suspect in the subway attack (left) and the suspect in the bus attack (right). Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – The NYPD released images Thursday of two suspects wanted in separate sex attacks on 16-year-old girls in the transit system in Manhattan and Queens.

One of the teens was groped on a Midtown subway platform, while the other was targeted as she was riding a bus in Holliswood, according to police.

In the subway attack, the 16-year-old victim was on the B-line platform at the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station around 7:35 a.m. on July 5, when a man came up and touched her breast, police said.

The other teen was aboard a Q43 bus at Hillside Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard around 2 p.m. on June 25, when a man performed a lewd act in front of her and touched her leg, according to cops.

The two teens weren’t physically injured, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

Featured Image Photo Credit: NYPD