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"Hipster" Upskirt Perv Roaming DUMBO With iPhone
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John Del Signore
Published Aug 23, 2012
Modified Aug 23, 2012
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Ladies of DUMBO, beware: an upskirt perv walks among you (specifically, slightly behind you). On Monday morning, a woman who works in DUMBO was exiting the York Street F train stop when she realized she was walking next to a man holding a notebook and an iPhone turned face down. The witness, who asked to remain anonymous because she believes the creep also works in DUMBO and she fears retaliation, says she saw him pointing his phone up a woman's skirt:
I noticed he was holding his arm a bit outstretched, close to the woman in front of him walking up the stairs. It seemed odd, so I watched the guy as we walked up the ramp. He passed the woman, then slowed again as we reached the next set of stairs, and let her pass him. That is when I confirmed that he was filming under her skirt.
I stopped him, alerted the woman, and as he tried to walk away, we saw that he did indeed have the video on. We both followed him for several blocks (crazy, I know), and then reported it to the police. He went into the building above Peas & Pickles [a grocery on Front Street].
She describes the perv as a tall white male with dark, wavy hair, and adds, "Frankly, he looks like most people who work in Dumbo (a bit hipster-ish)." The victim reported the incident to the NYPD, and it seems there's been an increased police presence in the subway station this week. The witness was also promptly contacted by an NYPD detective, so it's good to see they're taking this seriously. Maybe they should check to see if there are any urologist offices in the neighborhood?
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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