Louphanso McGee, a 30 year old Bronx man, was arrested on statutory-rape charges for having sex with a 14 year old girl in a Woodhaven apartment on January 5 after meeting her in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. He was charged with rape and endangering the welfare of a child.
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New York Post/Susannah Cahalan and Healther Gilmore
Straphangers told The Post that subterranean sleazebags who ride the rails exposing themselvesand fondling and rubbing up against women is a frighteningly common occurrence. Dozens of womenrevealed their stories explaining that subway sickos operate mostly in crowded cars and usually getaway with and strike at any time of the day or night. The MTA and transit police received 170complaints of public lewdness in the subway, up from 1444 in 2004 and 149 in 2003. Arrests droppedto 62 in 2005, compared to 67 each of
A law was passed by the state legislature and signed by Rio Governor Rosinha Matheus last month that averts groping and other unwanted sexual advances. Female commuters filled women-only, pink-striped subway cars yesterday on the first day of the program. Frequent complaints from women commuters about sexual harassment in crowded railway cars had prompted state legislators to pass the bill.
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Police offered a $12,000 reward yesterday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a sexual predator who has struck four times beginning last year. The suspect is described by police as between 18 and 25 year old, 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11 and weighing 160 to 180. His crime wave began at 4:30 p.m. last October 27, when he grabbed a 16 year old girl as she was walking home from a subway station. He pulled a knife and forced the girl to a nearby rooftop, tied her to a
William Lamarca, a 72 year old man, groped two sixth-graders on a Lexington Avenue subway train yesterday but was caught quickly by a pair of undercover cops aboard the train on an anti-pickpocket detail. He was charged with two counts of forcible touching, sexual abuse and resisting arrest.
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Carlos Rivera and Quaddafi Mcfarlane, both 19, have been arrested for beating and molesting a 16 year old female friend in December in the back seat of a car where the victim was sitting. Mcfarlane allegedly climbed into the back seat and ripped off her shirt, fondled her and forced her to have sex. When she fought back and bit Mcfarlane in the groin area, the teens allegedly pummeled her, inflicting severe bruising. Then they kicked the girl out of their car and drove away. Both face charges of assault