Friday, December 23, 2011

Queens man charged in groping incident

By ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO   anthony.destefano@newsday.com

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An Astoria man, picked out of a lineup in Brooklyn, was charged with sexual abuse and forcible touching for the May 7 incident in which a woman was groped as she swiped a MetroCard at a subway turnstile in Park Slope, the NYPD said Tuesday night.

Joshua Flecha, 32, of 29-06 Crescent St., Queens, was originally arrested early Monday on drug charges, a police spokesman said, by anti-crime officers...

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