Police Search For 'Apologetic' Groper Who Grabbed Woman In Chelsea Deli
Feb. 20, 2019, 10:01 a.m.
The suspect allegedly said "I'm sorry" after the woman shoved him away.
A man sidled up to a deli customer and groped her in Manhattan last week, and police are now searching for the suspect. In video released by the NYPD, the man appears shocked that the victim objected to being molested.
The incident took place around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, February 14th, inside Adam's Market Place at 197 8th Avenue. According to the NYPD, the suspect approached the 23-year-old woman "from behind and grabbed her buttocks while she sat on a stool." The woman then "shoved the individual away from her and the store employees forced the male to leave the location," police explained.
He reportedly said, "I'm sorry," when the woman confronted him, and video shows him holding up his hands:
The suspect is wanted for forcible touching. Police described him as being about 5'8" and 180 pounds and wearing a black coat, white hooded sweater, gray scarf, blue jeans and tan work boots with a black backpack. He was last seen walking north on 8th Avenue.
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, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
