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Police need public’s help identifying groper

BRIARWOOD — Police in the 107th Precinct have sought the public’s help identifying a man wanted for groping a woman in a subway station earlier this month.

At 7:15 a.m. Nov. 4 on the platform of the Manhattan-bound F train, at the Van Wyck Boulevard station, a black man described as 5-foot-9 and between 20 and 30 years old, grabbed the buttocks of a 20-year-old woman and then fled the station.

He was wearing a dark black jacket, a blue sweatshirt, khaki slacks and a white baseball cap.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, log on to the Crime Stoppers Web site at crimestoppers.com or text 274637, then enter TIP577.