Crime & Safety
Creep Kisses 12-Year-Old On Elevator At Her Home, Police Say
A man kissed a 12-year-old girl on the cheek and tried to kiss her on the mouth while she was going home, police said.
TWO BRIDGES, NY — A man walked up to a 12-year-old on an elevator in her building and forcibly kissed her last month, police said.
The girl was going back to her home in New York City Housing Authority's Smith Houses in Two Brides Aug. 29 about 8 p.m. when the man approached her, police said.
He talked to her and kissed her on the cheek, then tried to kiss her on the mouth, police said.
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Police said he exited the elevator on the sixth floor and ran off.
Cops released video of the man, showing him wearing a white button-up shirt and dark pants.
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