Police are searching for a man after he allegedly groped a child in Queens.
Police are searching for a man who they say grabbed a six-year-old’s groin area in Queens on Thursday, April 16, 2026.(Courtesy DCPI)
On Thursday, April 16 at around 3:30 p.m., a six-year-old child was inside a commercial building located on Jamaica Avenue when an unknown man approached her.
The man then grabbed her groin area and fled the location on foot in an unknown direction, according to the NYPD.
Police described the man as having a medium complexion and was wearing blue pants, a gray shirt, black and white sneakers, and a black hat.
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