Crime & Safety

Subway Masturbator Exposes Himself In Tribeca Station, Police Say

A man called out to a woman on the platform and stared at her while touching himself, police said.

CITY HALL, NY — Police are looking for a subway masturbator who touched himself in front of a woman as she waited for a subway train last month, authorities said.

The man, who has not been arrested, was waiting on the Chambers Street subway platform for a J train on Jan. 10 with the woman, police said. At about 8:15 p.m., the 22-year-old woman heard the man calling out to her.

When she looked up, she saw the may masturbating with his exposed penis out of his pants, police said. The man continued to touch himself and stare at the woman as he walked up the stairs out of the station, according to the NYPD.

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Police released surveillance photos of the suspected subway masturbator on Monday morning, and are asking for the public's help identifying and locating him. He is believed to be in his 30s.

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