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Bare-chested man wanted for smacking woman in the butt at a Ridgewood train station

Screenshot via YouTube/authentic09, with inset courtesy of NYPD

Cops released video on Thursday of a bare-chested man who recently slapped a woman in the rear end as she waited for a train at a Ridgewood subway station.

Authorities said the incident took place at 4:55 a.m. on the morning of June 17 at the Halsey Street station on the L line, located in the vicinity of Wyckoff Avenue and Halsey Street.

According to law enforcement sources, the 26-year-old woman was waiting on the Manhattan-bound platform when the suspect approached her, smacked her in the buttocks and then fled the station southbound on Covert Street.  The incident was later reported to police.

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The NYPD described the perpetrator as a black man between 20 and 26 years of age who was last seen carrying a gray sweater over his shoulder while wearing a dark-colored baseball cap, dark-colored jeans and gray sneakers.

The security camera video released on Aug. 3 shows the suspect walking by one of the Halsey Street station entrances.

Anyone with information regarding the incident or the suspect’s whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit their website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential.