Crime & Safety
Queens Train Groper Arrested, Charged With Sexual Abuse: NYPD
The man allegedly rubbed himself against a woman's backside and groped her on a 7 train in Long Island City, police say.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- A Queens man was arrested for allegedly grinding himself against a woman's backside and groping her aboard a 7 train in Long Island City, police said.
Officers arrested John Anturi, 42, of Flushing, on Dec. 5 at around 7:40 a.m. on charges of sexual abuse and forcible touching stemming from a Nov. 11 incident in which he allegedly rubbed his groin against a 28-year-old woman's backside while the two rode a northbound "7" train, the NYPD said. Anturi allegedly grabbed the woman's backside as she tried to get off the train at the 45th Road-Courthouse Square station, police said.
The woman was able to take photos of the alleged perpetrator (shown above) before he fled the subway in an unknown direction, police said.
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Anturi is set to appear in Queens County Criminal Court on Dec. 8.
Lead image via the NYPD: John Anturi, 42, in a photo taken by the woman after the alleged groping incident.
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