NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 31-year-old woman was groped inside a Lower East Side subway station on Monday morning, police said as they released a photo of the suspect.
The victim was approached by the suspect around 8:10 a.m. as she walked down a stairwell from the street to the mezzanine of the East Broadway F line subway station, police said.
According to authorities, the suspect grabbed her buttocks and breast area without her permission.
The man fled in an unknown direction. The victim did not require any medical attention at the scene.
The suspect is described as having dark-colored hair and was last seen wearing a neon-colored jacket and light-colored sweatpants.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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