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A serial groper may be on the prowl in Crown Heights, slapping and pinching at least a half-dozen Brooklyn women in recent weeks, cops said Sunday.

The latest attack happened on Carroll St. Sunday when a skinny man hit a woman in her 20s around 1:45 p.m., police said.

Cops are investigating a series of complaints from several Hasidic Jewish women who said they were groped by a sicko terrorizing the tight-knit religious community.

"Walk in groups and stay in well-lit areas," said one cop from the 71st Precinct.

Each victim has called the Shomrim civilian patrol hotline to report the gropings, the first of which took place June 19. Shomrim then told cops, said group spokesman Binyomin Lifshitz.

Shomrim leaders said they believe yesterday's attack was "a copycat."

There have been at least six victims assaulted by a skinny man who appears to be in his 20s, Lifshitz said.

Resident Sara Malasky, 28, said a thin man wearing plastic frame glasses slapped her neighbor on Crown St. Saturday around 5 p.m. The victim wasn't hurt, but she was unnerved.

"She had this nervous laughter afterward," Malasky said. "I don't think she knew how else to respond."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/06/2009-07-06_looking_to_pinch_serial_groper_in_crown_heights.html