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NYPD: This Guy Threw Bodily Fluids At Woman In Manhattan Elevator
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Jen Chung
Published May 30, 2016
Modified May 30, 2016
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Police are hoping the public can help them identify a suspect accused of a disgusting incident that occurred last Friday in an elevator.
According to the NYPD, the sexual abuse incident took place at 11:34 p.m. on Friday, May 27, when a male individual followed "the victim, a 23-year-old female, into an elevator located within the vicinity of Saint Nicholas Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue.The elevator stopped at the 6th floor and as the individual was coming out he held open the doors and threw bodily fluids at the victim."
The suspect then fled. Police released an image of him and describe as him as 25-30 years old, 5'8" and 150 pounds with black hair. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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