Police are searching for the pervert who they say targeted a woman on an Upper East Side-bound subway train, victimizing her with his depraved sexual desires during the morning rush last Friday, April 28th.
The northbound Q train had left the 57th Street subway station in Midtown around 7:50 am, on its way northbound to 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side, when police say the creep approached a 49-year-old woman in the car and rubbed his genitals against her hand, then fled the train car.
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The woman reported the lewd conduct once she arrived at the 72nd Street-Second Avenue station. Detectives released a single image of the suspect late Wednesday night, apparently taken by the victim following the disturbing act of sexual abuse that occurred underground.
The suspect is described by police as a man in his late mid-to-late 20s, standing 5’11” tall and weighing 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a light blue jean jacket, a light blue hooded sweatshirt and black work boots.
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Sex crimes other than rape on the UES have risen more than 11% this year, according to NYPD crime reporting data reviewed by Upper East Site, however, offenses in transit in the neighborhood plunged 20% year-to-year.
If you recognize the suspect or have any information that could help investigators, please call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477.
