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Man Picks Up Boy at Flushing Playground, Squeezes His Chest, NYPD Says

 Police are looking for an unidentified man who picked up an 8-year-old boy, grabbing and squeezing his chest in the process.
Police are looking for an unidentified man who picked up an 8-year-old boy, grabbing and squeezing his chest in the process.
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QUEENS — A man picked up an 8-year-old boy at a Flushing playground and squeezed the child's chest, the NYPD said.

The boy and his mother were at a playground at the intersection of Sanford Avenue and Union Street on Thursday, July 14 at around 8 p.m. when the unidentified man approached the boy.

The man picked up the boy, grabbing and squeezing his chest in the process, the NYPD said.

The boy's mother confronted the man, who was at the playground with a toddler, and took his photo with her cellphone.

Police are looking for the man in relation to charges of endangering the welfare of a child.

Anyone with information can call NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).