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66-Year-Old Woman Groped While Shopping at Century 21, NYPD Says

February 21, 2017 11:56am | Updated February 21, 2017 11:56am
The man is accused of forcibly touching the woman while she shopped in the FiDi store.
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FINANCIAL DISTRICT — A 66-year-old woman was groped by a man as she was shopping inside a Century 21, police said.

The man approached the woman in the 22 Cortlandt St. store at about 2 p.m. on Feb. 16 and "used his hand to touch her in her pelvic area," police said.

The suspect, whose photo was released by police on Monday, was described as standing 5-foot-8 and wearing a jacket with a skull and crossbones on the back, according to authorities.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting information to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

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