Cops are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a scheming suspect who groped women after telling them they had spiders on them in separate Queens incidents this week.
A 25-year-old woman was walking home near Astoria Blvd. and 22 St. at about 9:50 p.m. on Monday when the creep approached and told her she had a spider on her before grabbing and slapping her buttocks over her clothes and then running off, cops said.
The suspect struck again a half hour later, roughly a mile away. He approached another 25-year-old woman who was walking home near 47 St. and Newtown Rd. in Astoria, and told her the same line before grabbing and slapping her buttocks and vagina over her clothes.
Cops released surveillance images of the suspect Saturday in hopes that someone will recognize him. He is pictured wearing a black jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, maroon pants and blue sandals — the clothes he was seen in.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). All calls are strictly confidential.
