Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly exposing himself to a 65-year-old woman on an R train in Long Island City and performing a lewd act before running off in the Queens Plaza subway station.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a creep who allegedly flashed a woman on an R train on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Police say the 65-year-old victim was riding in a Queens bound R train at 1:20 p.m. when an overdressed stranger approached her and exposed himself as the train was approaching the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City. The degenerate performed a lewd act before exiting the train at Queens Plaza and fled the location in an unknown direction, police said.
The victim was not injured during the encounter.
The R train was entering the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City when the creep allegedly committed the public lewdness.QNS file photo
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and described him as having a medium complexion with a dark goatee. He wore a dark vest over a green hooded sweatshirt with black jeans, black and gold sneakers, sunglasses and a black baseball cap.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.
Anyone with information regarding this public lewdness case is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Through Aug. 9, the 108th Precinct has reported 54 sex crimes so far in 2026, 14 more than the 40 reported at the same point last year, an increase of 35%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Transit crimes are trending lower in the precinct with 33 reported so far this year, 11 fewer than the 44 reported at the same point in 2024, a decline of 25%, according to CompStat.