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Man in Tights Touches Himself While Staring at Women on 7 Train, NYPD Says

 Police are looking for a man spotted touching himself while staring at female passengers on the subway in Queens.
Police are looking for a man spotted touching himself while staring at female passengers on the subway in Queens.
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QUEENS — A man sporting a pair of tights touched himself while staring at female passengers on the 7 train in Long Island City, police said.

The suspect was spotted fondling his genitals over his clothes as he rode the train near Queensboro Plaza just after 2 p.m. on Aug. 31, according to the NYPD. 

He stared at a 29-year-old woman and other female passengers during the act before exiting the train at the 52nd Street station Woodside, police said. 

The suspect — who wore black tights, a white T-shirt and a green backpack —was described as between 35 and 40 years old, standing between 5-foot-9 and 6-foot-1, and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds, police said. 

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)