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

By Irene Plagianos | February 21, 2017 11:56am
 The man is accused of forcibly touching the woman while she shopped in the FiDi store.
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.