Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills are looking for a burglar who groped a 14-year-old girl in her own home on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 7.
The victim was entering her residence in the vicinity of 66th Road and Yellowstone Boulevard just before 5 p.m. when a stranger, who appears to be a food delivery worker, followed her inside and grabbed her rear end before running off in an unknown direction, police said on Sunday.
The youngster was not injured during the encounter. The perpetrator took nothing from the girl’s apartment, but under Article 140 of the New York Penal Laws, a burglar “enters or remains unlawfully with intent to commit a crime therein.”
The NYPD released a surveillance image of the suspect on Sunday and described him as having a light complexion, long black hair, and a medium build. He wore a red and gray jacket, blue jeans, and white sneakers, and he was carrying a motorcycle helmet and a gray food delivery backpack.
Anyone with information regarding this 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 Dec. 1, the 112th Precinct has reported 90 burglaries so far in 2024, 16 fewer than the 106 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 15.1%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Sex crimes are up slightly in the precinct, with 37 reported so far this year, two more than the 35 reported at the same point in 2023, an increase of 5.7%, according to CompStat.
