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Suspected Union Square Subway Station Pervert Arrested
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 7, 2011
Modified Nov 7, 2011
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Police say they have arrested the man who allegedly groped a woman on the downtown 4/5/6 platform at the Union Square subway station. After the attacker pushed her forward, lifted her dress, and groped her buttocks, the victim followed her attacker onto a 6 train and took his photograph.
According to DNAinfo, "Froylan Andrade, 39, of Elmhurst, Queens, was charged with sexual abuse" for the attack on the morning of October 23.
The victim, Shyane DeJesus, a City College student, told media outlets that she followed her attacker onto the train, "I yelled out on the train, ‘He groped me on the train! Watch out for this man," but other passengers ignored her. She also says she kicked and punched him.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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