Seen: Subway Masturbator On Uptown 3 Train

The police have released a photograph of a man who was allegedly masturbating on an uptown 3 train last week. A 41-year-old woman took a cellphone picture of the man she claims was pleasuring himself in front of her. The man got on the train at 42nd Street/Times Square at 3:45 p.m. and then got out at the 96th Street stop. And 1010WINS adds, "The woman says she tried to lodge a complaint at the 32nd Precinct and provide police there with the suspect's photograph but was apparently rebuffed by an officer who, according to the complainant, told her it was not a police matter and to report it through 311." The police urge people with information to call Crime Stoppers (800-577-TIPS), go to the Crime Stoppers website or text 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. And Internal Affairs is looking into the "not a police matter" part.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 12, 2009 6:30 PM

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robingee

It's true that anyone can lie about anything. And it's a shame when they do because they ruin it for people who need real help. But still, the majority tell the truth.

yytttt

Caught!

www.ny1.com

sevendusted

My girlfriend and I saw this same guy on the Q train. I have a video of him chewing on the strap to his backpack. Right after i stopped filming him, he started masturbating. We had 2 children with us and he was doing it right in front of us. I yelled at him to stop and he got off (no pun intended) at the next stop.

yytttt

Why did you do that? Most children love observing the behaviors of wild animals. You know how many people watch Discovery and Animal Planet?

JenChungsBaby

How about if you stand on a bus with your crotch near a girl's face and look down her shirt until you get a hard on? Is that OK since you're not touching anyone?

wobbleSmith

only if you pretend not to notice.

Wza

So he was going downtown on an uptown train?

Ha!

Polemicist

This city is about to descend into 1970s chaos. The FIRE economy is dead forever. There are 2 million people here who survive on tax dollars. Did anyone notice the FEDERAL government's tax revenue declined nearly 20% in 2008?

The police realize every day that there are a million laws on the books and they are broken every single day. Their job is not to arrest every lawbreaker at every opportunity. Their job is to maintain the peace.

Yeah, it sucks this guy does not conform with the social norms of our society, but he didn't hurt anyone. In many cultures in the past, public masturbation was in fact quite common.

I'm sorry, but the police are simply not going to enforce the prudish morals of our college educated class. I'm sure they wold like to, and maybe even I would like them to, but there are far bigger problems.

snickerdoodle

I'm sorry, but the police are simply not going to enforce the prudish morals of our college educated class.

So now people (read: women) who don't enjoy creepy losers jacking off next to them and getting his filthy disease-ridden jizz on their work clothes are "prudes"? LOL. Talk about assbackwards.

Next time you see him do that poor bastard a favor and suck his cock so that he'll leave the rest of us "prudes" alone.

wobbleSmith

In many cultures in the past, public masturbation was in fact quite common.

citation needed.

GREGORYABUTLER

What culture was that - the Island of Pervertia? - or the United Kingdom of Sodom? - or perhaps it was the City-state of Prostateum?

wooden_shoes

I find it's much easier to get up, yell at the guy, make him feel bad about himself and then march off the subway.

nyactorgirl

Not only should you "get up, & yell at the guy, to make him feel bad" You should take several pictures of him (ala paparazzi!) while dancing a jolly jig, singing Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy' and drawing as much attention as possible. Throw your steaming hot Starbucks coffee on him. Then projectile vomit on him. Point at his pathetically small penis and laugh as loudly as you can. Feel free to fully exploit his stupidity, until he runs from the train. Then take his photo to the cops and the news stations by 4:30pm so his ugly mug can be plastered all over the 6pm news, thus crucifying him in the court of public opinion before he can even smell anything close to a fair trial.

Thats what you do to pigs who want kids and innocent people to see them expose themselves in public!!

Dirk

I'm sorry, but the police are simply not going to enforce the prudish morals of our college educated class.

So only college educated folks are offended by a guy jacking off in public?

militza

I know I shouldn't but I find these stories hilarious.

yytttt

why shouldn't you?

militza

cause some people are very sensitive about it and are disgusted by it. I on the other hand, find humor in it. self-pleasure on the subway. what isn't funny about that?

plus, I'm a little bit of a voyeuer, so I don't mind it so much.

NannyState

Ooh kinky. I like that.

mustlovegothamist

I once saw a mutilated cat on the sidewalk across the street from my local police station (not near the road at all, so definitely not hit by a car). When I called they told me it wasn't a police matter and said "what do you want me to do about it?" Rather than suggesting who I should call the cop just kept repeating this line over and over in a really belittling way. Maybe it wasn't their responsibility but that doesn't release them from providing accurate advice to a neighbor. No accountability.