Cops say a creep sexually assaulted a woman on Sixteenth Street on May 23 in an incident that closely recalls the attacks committed last year by the so-called “South Slope Groper.”
The victim was walking between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 5 am when a young Hispanic man grabbed her, said 72nd Precinct Officer Dean Hanan.
“He had the same [physical traits] as the attacker last summer — but there’s no connection,” he said.
A neighbor claiming to be familiar with the crime said the perp fondled victim’s lower stomach, then ran away after she screamed — a move that occurred in several incidents during year’s spate of attacks against women.
Police say the victim was gone by the time cops arrived and officers made no arrests.
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