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NYPD: Man Gropes Sleeping Woman On Brooklyn Subway Train

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for a man who they said groped a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train.

The incident occurred on board a southbound N train near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station around 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 10.

The 25-year-old victim was sleeping when the suspect touched her buttocks, police said.

A witness woke the victim up and told her what happened, police said.

The suspect then got off the train at the station, police said.

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

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