A man pulled up in his car and began masturbating while looking at a woman who was leaving her home in Maspeth on
Valentine’s Day, police said.
The 22-year-old victim told police that she was leaving her house near Grand Avenue and 58th Avenue to take a young child to day care.
As she walked out at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, she noticed a four-door beige sedan stop on the street in front of her. The man inside then looked at her and began masturbating, police said.
“The victim was so shaken she didn’t get a good description,” Captain Michael Cody, commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, which covers Maspeth, said in an email.
Cody said because police don’t have a description of the man or a license plate number to work with, he’s asking residents to get the word out.
He asked anyone who sees similar conduct or a matching vehicle to alert police. He advised them to get the best description possible and call 911 immediately.
Cody said the incident looked random, not targeted, and cautioned any possible victims to use common sense and not approach the person or vehicle.
By Jeremiah Dobruck
j.dobruck@theforumnewsgroup.com
