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Jamaican Man Has Bizarre Explanation For Sexually Assaulting Women In The Subway
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Scott Heins
Published Jul 26, 2016
Modified Jul 26, 2016
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A Jamaican man arrested for sexually assaulting five subway commuters reportedly told the NYPD he had never seen white women before and found them so "absolutely beautiful" that he couldn't stop himself. Officers caught serial groper Damario Johnson, 19, as he allegedly chased a woman inside the Hoyt Street 2/3 station in downtown Brooklyn Monday morning and put his hands up her skirt, the Daily News reports.
Johnson has been in the country for two months on a student visa. Police told the tabloid that he's suspected of groping one woman last Wednesday morning, another on Thursday night, and two more Friday. After victims filed reports with both the NYPD and MTA, transit cops used descriptions to identify Johnson yesterday at the Hoyt Street station.
The Post reports that all of Johnson's victims were white women between 20 and 50 years old. NYPD Captain Zahid Williams told the paper that in some instances, Johnson managed to put his hand inside the women's underwear.
“It’s a very distinctive crime, a very, very distinctive method of committing this crime,” Williams said.
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Scott Heins
Scott Heins is a freelance photo and video journalist based in New York City, and a frequent contributor to Gothamist + WNYC. His work often centers around labor rights, housing, and policing. In 2018-2019 he traveled to four states while covering a wave of public school teachers strikes, with work featured in The New York Times, The Intercept, Getty Images, Splinter, and Bloomberg Photos. Scott is a dues-paying member of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.
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