NEW YORK, NY – A 24-year-old woman in Midtown Manhattan reported her frightening experience to police officers at the New York City Police Department’s Midtown South Precinct on December 30th.
Today, police were able to release a photo of the suspect wanted for his deviant act.
According to police, officers received a report of sexual abuse at around 7:15 pm in the area of 5th Avenue and West 32nd Street.
“At the same time, an unknown individual began masturbating while in close vicinity to the victim. The individual then approached the victim and grabbed her from behind,” police reported. “The individual proceeded to ejaculate on the victim’s back before fleeing the location westbound on West 32 Street on foot.”
Police said the suspect, described as black male was last seen fleeing into the Herald Square subway station.
The victim did not sustain any 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) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).