Police: 18-Year-Old Questioned In Connection With Upper East Side Gropings
An 18-year-old was apparently brought in from Queens on Monday night after a building superintendent on the Upper East Side tipped off police.
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An 18-year-old was apparently brought in from Queens on Monday night after a building superintendent on the Upper East Side tipped off police.
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The most recent incident took place Saturday night inside the subway station at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue. It would be the 10th incident of its kind since January.
Officers are ramping up the search for the suspect after another incident this weekend. The latest assault occurred Saturday afternoon inside the 59th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station.
Video from a subway station at 77th and Lexington shows the man police suspect in a string of groping attacks dating back to May.
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Police said the same man has attacked at least seven women on the Upper East Side since the first attack on January 5.
The suspect struck at least six times since January 5. Each time at night or the early morning on a street in the East 80s, and the victims ranged in age from 25 to 31.
The latest incident happened almost in the shadow of the landmark Gracie Mansion. A 31-year-old woman was grabbed in the buttocks Wednesday morning at a building near 85th Street and East End Avenue.
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Police released a surveillance photo of a suspect as part of their investigation into a string of burlaries on the Upper East Side.
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After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
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Severe storms returned to the Tri-State Area, making it a soggy Thursday morning.
The rain returns Tuesday with the possibility of severe storms and downpours that can cause flash flooding in the New York City area.
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New York wildlife advocates are calling for a ban on underpass netting, saying pigeons are getting trapped and dying.
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After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
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Police in Suffolk County, Long Island, say a woman found dead inside her home Thursday was murdered. Her body was found by a family member inside her Sayville home. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
A Sayville woman was found dead Thursday night, and police said they believe she was a victim of violence. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
A 62-year-old woman was found dead inside her Sayville home Thursday night. Police say she was a victim of violence.
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