Now that the police admit they were wrong in arresting a Park Slope man for a series of groping attacks in Manhattan, the cops have released a new set of surveillance video images of the suspected "well-dressed groper." more ›

Following yesterday's reports that a Park Slope resident would be cleared, a judge has officially cleared Karl Vanderwoude of forcible touching, unlawful surveillance and sexual abuse charges. He told reporters, "I’m really glad this has come to an end. It’s been hard." more ›

Last month, police arrested and charged a suspect who they believed was the "well-dressed groper" accused of attacking at least four women in Manhattan this year. Friends and family couldn't believe that 26-year-old Park Slope resident Karl Vanderwoude could be the perp—and now that his alibi has checked out, the DA is expected to drop all charges against him on Monday. “A lot of people say they didn’t do it. This is the real case,” said lawyer Douglas Burns. more ›

Just over a week ago, police arrested and charged a suspect who they believe is the "well-dressed groper" accused of attacking at up to four women in Manhattan this year. Friends and family couldn't believe that 26-year-old Park Slope resident Karl Vanderwoude could be the perp—and today, Vanderwoude told the Post in an interview this was all a big mix-up: “I didn’t do it. I wasn’t even in the vicinity of these incidents,” he said. “It’s a case of mistaken identity.” more ›

On Friday, police arrested and charged a suspect who they believe is the "well-dressed groper" who has attacked at least four women in Manhattan this year. But friends and neighbors can't believe that 26-year-old Park Slope resident Karl Vanderwoude could be the perp: "I don’t believe it’s him," his landlady, Carmen Olmedo, told the News. "To me he doesn’t have to grope anybody. All he has to do is wink and they’d go chasing him." more ›

The police are looking for a man suspected in four separate groping incidents in the Jacksons Heights neighborhood of Queens. more ›

Remember how the police released a surveillance video of a man who allegedly groped an 11-year-old girl at a Manhattan Dunkin Donuts? And there was also a police sketch showing a corpulent creep that looked like something out of MAD Magazine? Well, now the cops have released a very brief second video showing the paunchy pervert. more ›

The NYPD released a police sketch and surveillance video of a man suspected of forcibly touching a young girl in Gramercy Park. [Updated to reflect correct address information.] more ›

A Bronx teacher has been arrested and accused of repeatedly punching and sitting on top of a 12-year-old student. Evelyn Tirado, 53, has been accused of assaulting Brigitte Aznaran last Thursday at Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School in Morrisania. “She grabbed me by my arms, threw me to the floor and starting hitting my arm,” the sixth grader told the Daily News. “Then she sat on top of me like I was a chair. I was crying. I don’t ever want to see her again.” more ›

During a visit to a library in Astoria, Queens, a 7-year-old girl says that a man assaulted her—specifically her feet— while she was reading. The child told WCBS 2 that he “Sniffed them, rubbed them against his beard, and kissed them. Did it to each foot. And then he did the same and just sniffed my flip flops." Ughhhhhhh. more ›

From the NY Post's NYPD Daily Blotter: "A shirtless creep was nabbed in Midtown after allegedly groping a number of women -- and a 9-year-old girl. Dennis Perry, 32, was wearing mesh shorts and no underwear when he began following female passers-by on Seventh Avenue between 32nd and 42nd streets at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, cops said." He was charged with four counts of sexual abuse as well as forcible touching. more ›

The Nassau County Police say that a Bellmore restaurant owner was arrested after assaulting a 16-year-old female worker. According to the Long Island Press, "Police said [Mermat] Arslan, who is the owner of Mediterranean Kebab Restaurant [in Westbury], was closing up the restaurant after all the cooks and servers had left when he locked the doors to the building knowing a young girl was still inside at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Arslan grabbed the victim and began forcible touching her without her consent, police said. She was able to push away and flee from the restaurant." Arslan was charged with sexual abuse, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child. Police are also asking anyone who experienced a similar incident to contact them. more ›

A Queens woman is suing the city after her 12-year-old daughter was allegedly forced into a locker room and sexually assaulted by seven male classmates. The suit claims the victim had been knocked to the ground in Pathways College Preparatory School in Hollis, Queens, and then dragged into a locker room by 12- and 13-year-old boys, where they allegedly rubbed their crotches in her face. The girl's lawyer told the Daily News, "It was like bedlam in that gym that day." more ›

Yikes: The Manhattan DA's office charged a well-known lawyer with forcible touching, third-degree sex abuse and harassment after two female employees complained about his advances. The lawyer, 68-year-old Richard Dienst (father of WNBC reporter Jonathan Dienst), did not enter a plea during his arraignment yesterday. more ›

Dennis Gallagher, the married City Councilman representing Queens who was accused of raping a constituent in a drunken encounter last year, announced his planned resignation after pleading guilty to sexual abuse and forcible touching. Last summer, a 52-year-old woman alleged that she met Gallagher at a bar in Queens and after a night of drinking went with the Councilman to his district office, where he raped her. more ›