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MAN DRESSED AS ELMO ACCUSED OF GROPING TEEN GIRL IN TIME SQUARE: POLICE
September 9, 2019
Mark Sundstrom, Katie Corrado
Pix 11
MIDTOWN — One of Times Square’s costumed characters is facing multiple charges after being accused of touching a teenage girl inappropriately after snapping a photo with her, police said.
According to authorities, the 14-year-old girl had just posed for a photo with the man, who was dressed as Elmo from “Sesame Street,” before he allegedly grabbed her buttocks around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Inocente Andrade-Pacheco, of Passaic, New Jersey, was arrested and is now facing charges including forcible touching and acting in a manner injurious to