Capitalbay Information Portal: Female Jogger, 24, Groped in Central Park by Gang Who Surrounded Her and Asked for a Kiss

Female Jogger, 24, Groped in Central Park by Gang Who Surrounded Her and Asked
for a Kiss
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Erin B on 11/12/2012 09:26:00


A jogger was surrounded by a group of male teenagers and forcibly groped in New
York City's Central Park on Friday with the suspect still on the loose according
to police.
Police say the 24-year-old woman was running near the northern edge of the park
around 8.30 pm on Friday when five teens approached her seeking a ‘kiss.’
When she rebuffed them one of the teens, believed to be about 14-years-old,
touched her groin and ran off.
She described the boy being about 5-feet, 5-inches tall with buck teeth.
He was wearing a grey hoodie and carrying a backpack.
Women's safety in the iconic park has been a hot-button subject since an
investment banker was raped and nearly killed while running there in 1989.
Up to no good: The woman was jogging around the park's northern edge when five
teens approached her asking for a kiss
Up to no good: The woman was jogging around the park's northern edge when five
teens approached her asking for a kiss
Her ordeal became known as the 'Central Park jogger' case with five juveniles
convicted in the crime before DNA evidence overturned their conviction with a
separate man's arrest.
This September, a man was charged with raping a 73-year-old birdwatcher around
11am in the park around the area memorializing musician John Lennon named
Strawberry Fields.