Police searching for the creep who allegedly grabbed a woman’s buttocks last week at the busy Columbus Circle subway station last week caught him there Friday afternoon, after spotting him grope five more women in succession as they were closing in, police said.

On Nov. 27 at about 4:45 a.m., a 20-year-old woman was on a double-sided bench in the station when Roger Reid, 55, sitting behind her on the same bench, allegedly reached his hand under a wooden slat and grabbed her. The victim snapped a photo of Reid, which she gave to police.

Reid, a level 3 sex offender, was charged with persistent sexual abuse. He has been arrested 24 other times, 14 for sex related crimes, police said.

In a July 2010 incident, he allegedly grabbed the buttocks of a 10-year-old girl waiting for a train at the 72nd Street station.

He was out on parole.