{"id":288911,"date":"2026-07-07T07:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288911\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:48:09","slug":"fordham-heights-person-sought-for-groping-17-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288911\/","title":{"rendered":"Fordham Heights: Person Sought for Groping 17-Year-Old Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in this video who they say is wanted in connection with a groping incident that occurred in front of 61 East 182nd Street in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Video courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in the attached video who they say is wanted in connection with a groping incident that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said that on Tuesday, April 28, at around 8.50 a.m., a 17-year-old female victim was walking in front of 61 East 182nd Street when an unidentified person approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks over her clothes. They said the suspect then fled the location on foot to parts unknown. Police said there were no physical injuries reported as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or,\u00a0for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1783464029998000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NQwFU8_09l7s3G9JT6cyO\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-288911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}