Sleeping Woman Groped on Q Train Traveling From Herald Square to Brooklyn

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A woman leaving the city to return home to Brooklyn on Aug. 12 was groped by a stranger after she fell asleep, according to police.

The 29-year-old woman boarded a Q train at 34th Street-Herald Square at about 9:45 p.m. heading southbound to Coney Island. The woman fell asleep on the train and after she woke up a fellow passenger told her that a man had grabbed her breast while she was sleeping, police said.

The woman exited the train at Ocean Parkway in Coney Island, while the suspect remained on-board.

The suspect is described by police as white, in his 30s, about 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, with brown hair. He was wearing blue shorts and a pink shirt at the time of the incident.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Suspect photo by NYPD, Main photo by Patch