A 61-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with sexual abuse after following three children into two public bathrooms in Brooklyn on Thursday and molesting them, the police said on Friday.
The man, Michael Martin, of Main Street in Stamford, followed an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother into a public restroom at Gravesend Park in Borough Park, near 18th Avenue and 57th street, about 2:30 p.m., the police said. He sexually assaulted the children there, then fled, the authorities said.
Two hours later, he struck again less than a mile away, the police said, this time in the DiGilio Playground near Avenue F and McDonald Avenue. In this encounter, the victim, an 8-year-old girl, said Mr. Martin followed her into a public bathroom and sexually attacked her. When she cried, her attacker fled, she said.
Mr. Martin was arrested a short time later near the playground. He was charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, sexual abuse and criminal sex act after his victims picked him out of a lineup, the police said.
The three children were taken to hospitals, where they were in stable condition on Friday, the authorities said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/n...en=c22ce956acdc7ba2&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
I'm still looking for a pic of the creepy old guy....
The man, Michael Martin, of Main Street in Stamford, followed an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother into a public restroom at Gravesend Park in Borough Park, near 18th Avenue and 57th street, about 2:30 p.m., the police said. He sexually assaulted the children there, then fled, the authorities said.
Two hours later, he struck again less than a mile away, the police said, this time in the DiGilio Playground near Avenue F and McDonald Avenue. In this encounter, the victim, an 8-year-old girl, said Mr. Martin followed her into a public bathroom and sexually attacked her. When she cried, her attacker fled, she said.
Mr. Martin was arrested a short time later near the playground. He was charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, sexual abuse and criminal sex act after his victims picked him out of a lineup, the police said.
The three children were taken to hospitals, where they were in stable condition on Friday, the authorities said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/n...en=c22ce956acdc7ba2&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
I'm still looking for a pic of the creepy old guy....
