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NYPD: Man Wanted For Stalking 16-Year-Old Girl On Subway System

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have released a picture of a man who is accused of stalking a 16-year-old girl on the subway system.

The man has followed the girl on at least five separate occasions this year at multiple subway stations, police said.

The victim managed to snap a picture of the suspect with her cellphone on April 15. In that incident, police said the suspect followed her when she got on a Manhattan-bound G train at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. When the victim got off the train at the Fulton Street station, police said the suspect stayed on the train.

The suspect is described as a 5-foot-3 Asian man, approximately in his late 40s, 170 pounds, with black hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue overcoat and wearing glasses.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, visit the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.

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