BOSTON — Boston cops are hunting a bearded Lincoln Tavern menace who allegedly cracked a Southie man over the head with a beer bottle outside a popular South Boston watering hole — after harassing the victim's girlfriend with "lewd gestures," police said.

The bottle-swinging suspect — described as a white male, 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-10, between 26 and 30 years old, with dark hair and a beard — is still on the loose after the closing-time clash outside the Lincoln Tavern on West Broadway, according to the Boston Police Department.

BPD surveillance still of wanted suspect outside the Lincoln Tavern — The wanted man, pictured in surveillance footage outside the Lincoln Tavern. (Boston Police Department)

The mayhem unfolded around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, when District C-6 officers got a radio call for a "removal" near the Broadway bar, cops said.

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The victim told police the stranger had earlier rolled up on him and his girlfriend and started "verbally accosting" them. The Southie man confronted the creep, words were exchanged — and the two went their separate ways.

But the bearded boozer wasn't done.

He allegedly kept flashing "lewd gestures" at the girlfriend, sparking a second, this time physical, showdown — and that's when he allegedly clocked the victim in the skull with a beer bottle, police said.

A second angle of the wanted suspect from BPD surveillance stills — A second angle of the suspect from BPD's released stills. (Boston Police Department)

The suspect bolted before cops could roll up.

District C-6 detectives have released six surveillance stills of the wanted man and are urging anyone with info to call (617) 343-4742. Tipsters can also stay anonymous by calling CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS or texting TIP to 27463 (CRIME).

WANTED: Southie creep beer-bottled a man at the Lincoln after lewd gestures at his girlfriend, police say

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