Suspect Says “Excuse Me,” Gropes Woman on Queens Elevator: NYPD

Police say a suspect in his late teens said “Excuse me” before groping a woman in a Queens elevator Wednesday afternoon.

The 31-year-old woman was riding in an elevator in a Forest Hills building with the suspect at about 5:45 p.m. when the he grabbed her buttocks, according to the NYPD.

After the groping, the suspect ran out of the elevator and then left the building.

The woman was not injured.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.

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