Upper East Side subway groping incident being investigated

103rd Street Subway Station - NYC
103rd Street Subway Station - NYC

NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department is continuing their investigation into a February 9th groping incident inside the East 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station. On Sunday, detectives with the city’s 23rd police precinct released a new photo of the suspect wanted for the groping incident against a 24-year-old woman.

According to police, on Thursday, February 9, at approximately 9:45 pm, the victim, a 24-year-old female, was exiting the East 103rd Street/Lexington Avenue subway station, when an unidentified male individual approached the victim and grabbed her between the legs before fleeing on foot to parts unknown.  

The victim was not physically injured during the incident.

Upper East Side subway groping incident being investigated
It was reported to police that on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at approximately 2145 hours, the victim, a 24-year-old female was exiting the East 103rd Street/Lexington Avenue subway station, when an unidentified male individual approached the victim and grabbed her between the legs before fleeing on foot to parts unknown.  There were no 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or on Twitter @NYPDTips.