ASTORIA — A man groped a woman as she was on her way home in Queens last month, sticking his hand up her skirt and then fleeing after she cried out for help, according to the NYPD.
The suspect approached the 21-year-old victim as she was trying to enter the back of her building near 34th Avenue and 13th Street shortly after 4 a.m. on June 25, where he pushed her against a wall, put his hand up her skirt and groped her, police said.
The victim screamed for help, causing the man to run away, according to police.
The suspect is described as between 25 and 30 years old, standing 5-foot-5 and weighing between 160 to 180 pounds, according to the NYPD. He was wearing dark clothes and a baseball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
