Stalker followed woman from Brooklyn to Queens on subway train: NYPD
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) --- A man harassed a woman on a Brooklyn train, then chased her into a building after she got off at a subway stop in Queens earlier this month, according to police and surveillance video released on Friday.
The incident began when the suspect yelled "Hey, you cute" at the woman on the northbound J train at the Cypress Hill subway station at around 6:30 a.m. on March 19, police said. The frightened woman then moved to another train car, but the man followed her and took a seat directly across from her as he continued to stare at her, authorities said.
The woman got off the train at the Jamaica-Parsons-Archer subway station in Queens, but the man went after her and chased her into a building, where they argued, according to the NYPD.
The woman told police she was scared during the fight, but it was not clear what the man said to her, cops said. She was not injured.
The stalker, wearing a blue Knicks jacket and facemask, was seen running after the woman on surveillance video released by the NYPD.
The suspect took off after the encounter and was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, blue sweatpants, and light-colored sneakers, police said.
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