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Straphanger Gropes Teen Riding Subway Home from School, NYPD Says

October 14, 2016 5:21pm | Updated October 14, 2016 5:21pm
An N/Q/R sign in NYC on August 1, 2013.
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TIMES SQUARE — A man groped a teenager on the subway as she was riding home from school, the NYPD said.

The 17-year-old victim, from Queens, was aboard an N train that had just passed the Times Square station around 4:50 p.m. on Oct. 6 when the suspect placed his hand on her thigh and groped her, police said.

When the girl confronted him, the man said, “What?” and ran off the train at the 49th Street station near Seventh Avenue, the NYPD said.

Police hadn’t arrested anyone in connection with the incident as of Monday.

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