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Police seek man who touched teenage girl’s rear in Jackson Heights: NYPD

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Photo courtesy of the NYPD.

The NYPD is looking for a man who touched the buttocks of a teenage girl in Jackson Heights in February.

On Friday, Feb. 14, around 5 p.m., an unidentified man approached a 16-year-old girl and grabbed her rear end as she was walking on the sidewalk in front of 89-22 Roosevelt Ave., according to police.

The man then fled in an unknown direction on foot.

Police recovered a cell phone photo of the suspect as part of their investigation.

The investigation is ongoing.

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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.