Man Molested Subway Rider as She Slept: Cops

She reported the attack after seeing it on YouTube
By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 27, 2012 4:37 PM CDT
Man Molested Subway Rider as She Slept: Cops
A screen capture from the video of a man who allegedly molested a woman while she slept on the New York subway.   (YouTube)

A young woman who was allegedly molested while sleeping on a New York subway later reported the attack—after seeing it posted on YouTube, the Daily News reports. In the video, the 21-year-old is asleep in her seat while a man gropes her for several seconds between her legs. Jasheem Smiley, 21, recorded the whole thing on his iPhone and posted it online: “I was petrified,” Smiley said. “I didn’t know what this guy is capable of. I didn’t know if he had a knife.” See the video here, but be warned, it's disturbing. (More sexual assault stories.)

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