Crime & Safety
Man Stalked, Groped 13-Year-Old Girl On Subway, NYPD Says
The 66-year-old Queens man was arrested for groping a teen girl on the subway twice in two weeks.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS — A 66-year-old Queens man was arrested for twice groping a teen girl on the subway, police said. Jackson Heights resident Walter Polanco was charged with forcible touching and stalking in the second degree.
The man groped the same 13-year-old girl while she rode the subway in Long Island City, Queens and the Upper East Side two weeks apart, according to police.
WANTED UPDATE: The individual wanted for Forcible Touching a 13 year old girl, in @MTA @NYPDTransit @NYPD108Pct has been arrested and charged by our @NYPDSVU detectives. The next stop for this offender is @QueensDABrown. Together we are CrimeStoppers! #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/0RJPwaho5l
— Chief Dermot F. Shea (@NYPDDetectives) March 8, 2019
The first groping happened Tuesday, Feb. 12, on a 7 train approaching Queensboro Plaza from Manhattan, police said. The second groping happened two weeks later on Feb. 28 on an uptown-bound 5 train approaching the East 86th Street subway station.
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