Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, the following 41-year-old male individual, depicted in the attached surveillance photographs, was arrested and charged in connection with a sexual abuse pattern in transit, which occurred within the confines of the 44th Precinct / Transit District 11 in the Bronx.
Details are as follows.
Incident 1: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 1520 hours, inside of the 167th Street Station (4 line), an unidentified male approached Victim #1, a 16-year-old female, grabbed her groin over her clothes and fled.
The victim, who was not injured, fled topside for safety.
Incident 2: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 1545 hours, inside of the 167th Street Station (4 line), an unidentified male approached Victim #2, a 16-year-old female, grabbed her groin over her clothes and fled.
The victim, who was not injured, fled topside for safety.
Incident 3: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 16500 hours, inside of the 167th Street Station (4 line), an unidentified male approached Victim #3, a 15-year-old female, touched her thigh and fled.
The victim, who was not injured, fled topside for safety.
Arrested:
Franklin Martinez
address withheld
Bronx, NY 10461
Charges:
- sexual abuse;
- forcible touching.
The investigation remains ongoing.
All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
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