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Man Forcibly Touched 16-Year-Old Girl at Jamaica Subway Station, NYPD Says

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | August 26, 2015 5:51pm
 Police are looking for a man who they say forcibly touched a 16-year-old girl at a Jamaica subway station earlier this month.
Police are looking for a man who they say forcibly touched a 16-year-old girl at a Jamaica subway station earlier this month.
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QUEENS — Police are looking for a man they say forcibly touched a 16-year-old girl at a Jamaica subway station during the morning rush hour earlier this month.

The man approached the girl on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 a.m., as she was walking down the stairs at the Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue subway station on the F line, officials said.

The man then reached up touching the girl's thigh and other parts of her legs, according to the NYPD.

The girl screamed and ran away, but when she looked back she saw the man exposing himself and masturbating, police said.

The suspect was described as being in his mid-30s, approximately 5-foot-2 and weighing about 130 to 140 pounds, according to the NYPD.

He was last seen wearing a dark-colored T-shirt with a gray design on it, gray knee-length shorts and a plain white baseball hat. He was carrying a backpack.

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