Crime & Safety

Brookville Man Arrested In Sexual Abuse Of Girl On Queens Bus: NYPD

Anderson Goliva, 36, was arrested after grabbing the woman's inner thigh several times without her permission on a bus, police said.

A man from Brookville was arrested after touching an 18-year-old woman without consent onboard a Queens bus last week, police said.
A man from Brookville was arrested after touching an 18-year-old woman without consent onboard a Queens bus last week, police said. (Courtesy of NYPD)

QUEENS — A man from Brookville was arrested after touching an 18-year-old woman without consent onboard a Queens bus last week, police said.

Anderson Goliva, 36, was charged with sexual abuse after grabbing the woman's inner thigh several times without her permission as they sat on a Q60 bus driving through Sunnyside on Tuesday, April 25, around 4:30 p.m., the NYPD said.

She told him to stop, and she left the bus on Queens Boulevard, near 44th Street, to get away from the 36-year-old, authorities said.

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