Vigilante group leads search for pedophile who has attacked NINE young girls in the Bronx

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 12:54 EST, 7 July 2014 | Updated: 16:36 EST, 7 July 2014


A vigilante-style group has taken up the case of the man who police say has accosted nine girls and young women in the Bronx since February.

The Hero Initiative hit the streets of the north central Bronx in search of a man who's created a wave of fear in the area as families fear for the safety of their little girls.

The grassroots group has factions across America and even abroad in the United Kingdom.

Sick: The serial sexual criminal stalking girls in the Bronx is described as 5-foot-10, black, and of slim build. He sneaks up behind them and gropes their bodies before fleeing

Sick: The serial sexual criminal stalking girls in the Bronx is described as 5-foot-10, black, and of slim build. He sneaks up behind them and gropes their bodies before fleeing

'We are members of the Community Emergency Response Team, Citizen Police Academy, and neighborhood watch groups. We volunteer in weekly outreach events, used needle pickup patrols, free self-defense classes and ongoing crime prevention,' reads their website.

The organization's Bronx arm swarmed the area in April and again last month.

'We were out in the Bronx tonight putting up hundreds of flyers about a serial sex attacker,' the group wrote in a Facebook page. 'As always, the community was behind us 100% and it was amazing to get so much support from the local people.'

Police, too, are desperate to put an end to the deviant's rampage.

Looking for answers: The Hero Initiative in New York is a grassroots group with branches across America and in the U.K. They've taken up the cause of the serial groper in the Bronx in recent months

Looking for answers: The Hero Initiative in New York is a grassroots group with branches across America and in the U.K. They've taken up the cause of the serial groper in the Bronx in recent months

'Our kids should be able to walk...(without) being touched by a stranger,' Lt. Austin Morange told WABC.

The suspect is suspected to be behind nine forcible gropings in the area--seven girls aged between 12 and 16 and two women aged 18 and 21.

He only approaches girls who are walking or jogging alone, gropes them from behind and then runs away.

Lt. Morange told the New York Times that the suspect is usually silent when he strikes, but sometimes speaks to his victims.

'A few times he’s said something like: "You’re pretty. You’re sexy. You’re beautiful,'" Morange said.

Heroes: Here, members of New York's Hero Initiative put up flyers across the Bronx featuring the groping suspect

Heroes: Here, members of New York's Hero Initiative put up flyers across the Bronx featuring the groping suspect

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Such a shame I live in the Bronx and haven't seen this on the news and the Daily Mail reports this how sad. Hope she is found safe and sound

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Self-appointed guardians such as they seem to be are as big a menace as the worst of criminals. If I read between the lines correctly the victims of this man appear to have reported the incidents, which is a step in the right direction: the more promptly you report it, the more the cops have to go on! But to take the law into your own hands, that is a complete NO-NO.

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I hope NYPD takes immediate action and find her before it's too late.

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Poor girl, I hope she is found alive and well soon.. And what a horrible thing for her family..

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Wow! I Iive in the area where she went missing. I will pray for the family that she will return home safe. Please Find that low life of a man, he is wandering in our neighborhood looking for his next victim!!

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Oh my god, these predators should be stoned to death

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:(

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Sad I had to find out about this on a UK website, thank you for posting it DM.

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They never report their own problems in the U.K.

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Yes, it's sad the US media only reports what fits their twisted PC playbook.

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I really hope they find her and that she is OK x

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