Metro.usMyMetro Events http://www.metro.us Sun, 26 May 2013 03:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Upstate man arrested in East Village groping of child http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/06/upstate-man-arrested-in-east-village-groping-of-child/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/06/upstate-man-arrested-in-east-village-groping-of-child/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 11:16:27 +0000 Laura Shin http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=145384 This surveillance photo of the suspect was taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident. (NYPD) This surveillance photo of the suspect was taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident. Credit: NYPD[/caption] A man from Albany has been arrested in connection with the groping of a 9-year-old girl in the East Village last month. Rene Otero, 52, allegedly approached the victim on the afternoon of April 14 and grabbed her buttocks, cops said. Police had released a surveillance photo of the suspect taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident. [related tag="NYPD"] He has been charged with sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.]]> This surveillance photo of the suspect was taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident. (NYPD)
This surveillance photo of the suspect was taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident. Credit: NYPD

A man from Albany has been arrested in connection with the groping of a 9-year-old girl in the East Village last month.

Rene Otero, 52, allegedly approached the victim on the afternoon of April 14 and grabbed her buttocks, cops said. Police had released a surveillance photo of the suspect taken in front of 465 E. 10th St. shortly before the incident.

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He has been charged with sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.

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Unlike most cons, Matthew Matagrano prefers to sneak into rather than out of Rikers Island. Credit: Getty Images

An ex-con was arraigned Saturday after being caught sneaking into at least one city jail.

According to news reports, Matthew Matagrano, 36, used a phony gold shield Thursday to gain access to the Manhattan Detention Center. He then reportedly spent over seven hours smoking and conversing with inmates, and also stole a walkie-talkie.

Matagrano, a convicted sex offender, may have similarly entered the jail on Rikers Island.

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