NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help identifying a man accused of exposing himself and performing a lewd act in front of a 12-year-old girl aboard an MTA bus on the Upper East Side last month. The incident happened at about 8 a.m. on Oct. 7 near First Avenue and East 85th Street, within the confines of the 19th Precinct, and the man fled on foot afterward.
The account comes from a post shared Tuesday by NYPD Crime Stoppers
, which described the case with the headline “WANTED FOR PUBLIC LEWDNESS.” According to the post, the girl was riding the bus when the unidentified individual exposed himself and performed the lewd act in her presence, then exited the bus and ran from the intersection of East 85th Street and First Avenue.
The supplied details do not include a physical description of the man or identify which bus route was involved. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident, per the Crime Stoppers post.
How to Submit a Tip
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. Anyone with information is asked to send a direct message to @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
It remains unclear whether any arrests or charges have resulted from the investigation so far, as that information was not included in the Crime Stoppers notice.
Other Reported Incidents on Upper East Side Buses
This is not the only alleged incident of sexual misconduct reported aboard an Upper East Side bus in recent memory, though the available reports do not point to a broader pattern. In one case detailed by Patch, police said a 20-year-old woman was riding an M102 bus on Lexington Avenue at about 7 a.m. on Feb. 9 when a man grabbed her buttocks.
A separate incident, reported by East Side Feed, involved a 29-year-old woman riding an M103 bus on a Tuesday, Aug. 27, at about 3:09 p.m., when an unidentified individual approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks. Neither of those reports specified the year in which the incidents occurred, and together they do not establish a wider trend of bus-related misconduct on the Upper East Side.
For now, investigators are relying on the public for leads in the Oct. 7 case. Anyone who may have witnessed the encounter or who recognizes the man described in the NYPD Crime Stoppers post is urged to come forward.
