Cops Searching for Gropers in the Bronx

Police are searching for this man for allegedly groping a woman in Mount Eden.

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

February 17, 2023

BRONX - Cops are searching for a pair of gropers who attacked women in two separate attacks in different parts of the Bronx.  

The first incident took place in a subway station in Kingsbridge Heights. At around 10 pm on February 1, a 31-year-old woman was exiting the Kingsbridge Road subway station. A man ran up behind her and grabbed her buttocks and leg. The woman pushed the groper away and ran out of the station. 

Cops say the attacker followed the woman for some distance as she walked home. The suspect then ran away in an unknown direction. 

Cops are searching for this man for allegedly groping a woman at the Kingsbridge Road subway station. 

In another unrelated incident, a woman was groped in Mount Eden. At around 8:40 pm on February 4, a 25-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of Walton Avenue and East 170 Street. Cops say a man ran up behind her, wrapped his arms around her shoulders and groped her breast. The attackers then fled on foot. 

Police related surveillance photos of the two suspects in the separate attacks. 

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.