Brooklyn man charged for groping teen girl on Manhattan subway train

by Adam Devine
West 66th Street green traffic sign in New York

NEW YORK, NY – A Brooklyn man has been charged with forcible touching, acting in a manner to injure a child and sexual abuse for a November 15th incident involving a teenage girl on a Manhattan subway train.

Rafael Rojas-Gonzalez, 35, is alleged to have approached a 14-year-old girl from behind aboard the northbound 1 train inside the Broadway and West 66th Street station at around 7:30 am.

The girl was not physically injured during the assault,

Rojas-Gonzalez was arrested Friday night in Upper Manhattan.