Police investigating groping incident in Brooklyn

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NEW YORK, NY – Police are investigating a groping incident that took place in East Flatbush on Friday.

According to police shortly after 10 pm, a 48-year-old female, was standing in a store located at at 820 Clarkson Avenue when an unknown male individual approached from behind and forcibly grabbed the victim’s buttocks.

The suspect fled before the police arrived. He was described as a male, approximately 5’5” in height, with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black waistcoat and black pants.

Police investigating groping incident in Brooklyn

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.