CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Police are searching for a man they say sexually abused a 15-year-old girl on a subway train on Oct. 15.
The incident happened around 8:10 a.m. on a northbound 3 train.
Police say the victim was on board the train, which was approaching the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College station when a man grabbed her thighs, arms, and private area.
The girl fled the station but the suspect remained on the train, police say.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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