The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the following individual wanted in connection to a forcible touching incident within the confines of the 47 Precinct in Bronx.
The following has been reported to police.
On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at approximately 1700 hours, a 13-year-old female victim was walking home from school along Edenwald Avenue, when she passed an unidentified male individual who was standing at the location. As the victim walked past the male, he forcibly grabbed her buttocks, before fleeing the location on foot, westbound on Edenwald Avenue. The victim was not injured and refused medical attention.
The individual is described as follows.
Male Black, 20’s-30’s, 6’0″ tall, weighing approximately 180 lbs.; last seen wearing a sleeveless white shirt, dark pants, white sneakers and a black baseball cap.
A surveillance photograph of the suspect is attached and available at DCPI.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by entering TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
