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NYPD: Man Gropes Woman Inside Forest Hills Elevator

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for a man who they said groped a woman inside the elevator of a Queens building.

The suspect walked into the elevator of a Forest Hills building with a 31-year-old woman around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The suspect then said, "Excuse me," before grabbing the woman's buttocks, police said.

He then ran out of the elevator and fled the building, police said.

The suspect is described by police as a black man in his late teens, about 5'4" tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds, with brown eyes and short dark hair with blonde coloring.

The suspect appears to be wearing a Chicago Bulls hat in surveillance video released by police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips to the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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