Groper Offered Teen Cell Phone

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 15, 2022

BRONX - Police are looking for the perv who groped a teen in Highbridge.

At around 7 pm on December 12, a 14-year-old girl was walking down 167th Street near the corner of Walton Avenue when she was approached by a man wearing a bright yellow hoodie.

The man walked up to the girl and offered her a cell phone. When the girl declined and started to walk away, the man grabbed her breasts and buttocks.

The groper then ran off.

The victim refused medical attention. 

The case is being investigated by the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit.

The suspect is described as  a man with medium complexion, medium build brown eyes and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a bright yellow hooded sweatshirt, black hooded sweatshirt, blue surgical mask, dark colored hooded jacket, blue jeans, a black and orange backpack with grey Nike sneakers.

Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.