Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Groping, Spitting On 12-Year-Old Girl In Queens: NYPD

Laguerre has been charged with one count of sexual abuse, police said.

QUEENS, NY — A 27-year-old man who attacked a 12-year-old girl in Queens last week.

On Sept. 20, Kadeem Laguerre, of Brooklyn, is accused of approaching the 12-year-old girl near 71st Street and 54th Avenue and spitting on her, police said.

He then grab her backside before fleeing the scene.

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The victim was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst in stable condition, police said.

Laguerre has been charged with one count of sexual abuse, police said.

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