Aug. 9, 2021 By Christian Murray
The police are looking for a man who allegedly followed a 13-year-old girl while inside a Jackson Heights drug store and then started masturbating in front of her and her mother.
The suspect allegedly entered a Walgreens pharmacy at 91-08 Roosevelt Ave. at around 1 p.m. on July 31 and then followed the girl throughout the store. When the girl met up with her 49-year-old mother inside the store, the suspect put his hands down his shorts and masturbated as he stared at them.
The mother yelled at the suspect, and he fled the store.
The suspect is described as Hispanic, in his 20s and about 5 feet 6 inches tall. He is also described as being approximately 200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black mask, a black shirt, black shorts and black sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.