Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for a relentless suspect who groped a woman on an MTA bus in Holliswood and proceeded to follow her all the way to Woodhaven, where he groped her a second time, police said on Friday.
The 28-year-old victim’s ordeal occurred on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 19, as she was riding a Q43 MTA bus that was approaching Hillside Avenue and 207th Street when the creep approached her at 7:40 p.m. and touched her breast and private area. The woman got off the bus and entered the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station in Downtown Jamaica, more than five miles from where the initial incident occurred.
The suspect followed her on the subway until she was exiting the train at the 75th Street–Elderts Lane subway station nearly four miles away and touched her rear end. The creep stayed on the train and remains at large. The victim was not injured during the incidents.
The NYPD released a surveillance video of the suspect on Friday. The video showed him boarding the Q43 bus in Hollywood and described him as having a medium complexion and a slim build. He wore clear plastic-framed eyeglasses, a denim jacket over a black T-shirt, and he carried a water bottle.
Anyone with information regarding this forcible touching investigation 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 at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Through Nov. 17, the 107th Precinct has reported 35 sex crimes so far in 2024, nine fewer than the 44 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 20.5%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Transit crimes are also down in the precinct, with 34 reported so far this year, five fewer than the 39 reported at the same point in 2023, a decrease of 12.8%, according to CompStat.
