Police: Man Sexually Abused Woman Who Fell Asleep On Q Train
Police are trying to identify a man accused of sexually abusing a woman who fell asleep on the subway.
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Police are trying to identify a man accused of sexually abusing a woman who fell asleep on the subway.
The incident is now raising concerns about security when subway cars are out of service.
The alleged incident took place last November on a southbound Q train at East 86th Street and Second Avenue on the Upper East Side.
It happened Thursday when a Q train got stuck between Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue with no power or cell service.
Police continued to investigate late Sunday after a man was hit in the head by a train after being assaulted at the 14th Street-Union Square subway station.
Police say two suspects approached the 41-year-old victim early Saturday morning and started punching him in the head.
Service on the B and Q trains was delayed Thursday evening after tree branches came down onto the tracks in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Police on Sunday were searching for a suspect who beat a woman and tried to rob her on a Q Train in Brooklyn earlier this month.
Police on Wednesday were searching for a teenage girl who attacked and punched a fellow teen girl at a Q Train station in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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Police on Friday were searching for a suspect who exposed himself to a woman and touched her on a Q Train in Midtown East.
A man touched a young woman's chest after she fell asleep on the subway, police said.
Authorities described the suspect as an Asian male, between 40 and 45 years old, about 5'4" tall, with straight black short hair.
Police were on the hunt Thursday evening for a man who allegedly groped a woman on the subway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
Police said the suspect walked up to the conductor who was working on a Q train and struck him in the face.
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Don't let the sunny skies fool you as dangerously cold weather settles into New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
A woman died after a man set her on fire while she was asleep on an F train in Brooklyn, NYPD says.
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