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Suspected Subway Butt Grabber Arrested
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 3, 2013
Modified Jan 3, 2013
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Yesterday, the NYPD asked the public for its help in identifying a man who allegedly groped a woman on a 7 train earlier in the day. The NYPD also shared a photograph of the suspect—and less than 24 hours later, the police have made an arrest!
According to the police, a 27-year-old woman was on the platform at Queensboro Plaza, waiting for a Manhattan-bound 7 train at around 10:40 a.m., when a man approached her and "grabbed her buttocks and then fled the station." The victim wasn't injured and she did manage to give the cops a photograph.
This morning, the NYPD announced that it arrested Andres Lara, 25, of Queens, charging him with forcible touching. And NY1's sources say that Lara turned himself in today at the 115th Precinct. Well, it is a remarkably clear picture!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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