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Creep lifts victim’s skirt and gropes her on Ridgewood street

Ridgewood groper
Photo courtesy NYPD

Cops are on the lookout for a man wanted for groping a woman in Ridgewood earlier this month.

According to police, the suspect — described as a Hispanic male, approximately 20 years old, standing approximately 5 foot 6 inches, and weighing approximately 140 pounds — approached the 22-year-old victim from behind at the intersection of Harman Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood at around 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13.

The suspect then proceeded to lift the victim’s skirt and grab her genitals over her underwear, police said.

Officers from the 104th Precinct responded to the situation, and the suspect fled the location in an unknown direction.

Video of the suspect can be seen here:

Anyone with information in regards 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) then enter TIP577.

All calls will be strictly confidential.