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Man wakes up on NYC train with stranger's hand in his pants: NYPD
EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) -- Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually abused a man sleeping on a train in Manhattan on Saturday, according to the NYPD.
A man, 25, was asleep on a northbound No. 6 train while it entered the Astor Place station around 2 a.m. Police said the man woke up to the suspect's hand inside of his pants.
Police said the victim was not injured.
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