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Police Hunt Cyclist Who Groped Woman in Long Island City

 Police are looking for a man who groped a woman while riding a bicycle in Long Island City last month.
Police are looking for a man who groped a woman while riding a bicycle in Long Island City last month.
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COURT SQUARE — Police are looking for a man who slapped a woman on the butt while riding a bike in Long Island City last month.

The suspect rode up to the 33-year-old victim as she was walking along Jackson Avenue near 23rd Street at 4 p.m. on April 22 and slapped her butt, police said.

The man is described as roughly 35 years old and 140 pounds, according to the NYPD.

Police are also continuing the hunt for a suspect who groped three women in Astoria last month, also while riding a bike. There have been no arrests for those incidents, but they're not thought to be connected to the incident in Long Island City, police said. 

Another man is also wanted for robbing 11 women in Manhattan. Since February, he's swiped up purses and iPhones from pedestrians while riding a Citi Bike or bicycle with a basket, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.