Lawrence Police Investigating Brunswick Avenue Groping Incident

Lawrence Township Police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office are investigating a woman's report of being groped while walking home in the township Friday morning, nj.com reports.

The 22-year-old woman says she was groped on the 1100 block of Brunswick Avenue by a man who was walking in the other direction as she walked home around 5:30 a.m. As the man passed her, walking toward Trenton, he "approached her from the rear and grabbed her behind," according to the report.

She described the man as a 5-foot-tall Hispanic man in his mid-30s, wearing a grey short sleeve shirt, long pants and a gray baseball cap, according to the report. She also said she’d seen him in the area previously.

Police are asking anyone with information on this or other incidents to contact them at 609-896-1111.