{"id":363518,"date":"2026-10-03T05:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363518\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T05:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:52:38","slug":"nypd-searching-for-man-wearing-crown-after-williamsburg-groping-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363518\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD searching for man wearing crown after Williamsburg groping incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bk-groping-suspect-crown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; Police are searching for a man wearing a crown after a woman was allegedly groped in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officers responded to a reported forcible touching incident in the area of Grand Street and Bushwick Avenue in Williamsburg at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">An unidentified individual allegedly slapped a 24-year-old woman and grabbed her buttocks over her clothing, then fled the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators said the individual was last seen wearing a yellow crown and black ski mask, with a black and red T-shirt and black sweatpants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No injuries were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The identity of the person police are looking for is unknown at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD&#8217;s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anonymous tips can also be submitted online <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> or on social media @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information from the NYPD&#8217;s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (DCPI).<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\/brooklyn\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\/brooklyn\/williamsburg\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williamsburg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK &#8211; 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