Mobile phone photo used to arrest New York man for sex crime

// added September 19, 2008 // 3 comments //
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One morning last month, a 28-year-old woman was struggling up the stairs at the Dyckman Street elevated station on her way to work. Normally, she would hold her skirt around her legs, but that day she was juggling a cup of coffee, a gym bag and her purse.

She sensed the presence of someone too close to her on the stairs. She turned and saw a man peering into his cellphone. A passer-by confirmed her suspicion: The man had taken photographs under her skirt.

"I said I had to do something", the woman said on Thursday; Since he is taking pictures of me, I am going to take pictures of him.

She said she followed the man onto the southbound No. 1 train, walked through several cars and found him on a seat. She prepared her cellphone camera. He looked at her and mumbled something. "And I told him smile because I am going to the police" she said.

She took a picture, e-mailed it to the police and filed a report. On Tuesday, an officer at the 110th Street subway station at Central Park West approached a man matching the photograph, the police said. According to the police, the man, identified as Aaron Olivieri, 36, told the officer, "I hope I am not the person you are looking for." Then he said he knew why he was being stopped: because a woman on a train had taken his picture and accused him of a crime.

Mr. Olivieri was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of unlawful surveillance, attempted sexual abuse and harassment, a criminal complaint said. A man who answered the phone at his apartment referred calls to Mr. Olivieri's lawyer, who could not be reached for comment on Thursday afternoon.
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3 comments // Mobile phone photo used to arrest New York man for sex crime

  • LindseyIndigo
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    • This is great news, but it's just a drop in the ocean considering the number of women harrassed, groped, grabbed, prodded, flashed, photographed and wanked over in public places every day. The stories at the link are really shocking, but they're happening all the time.

      The question is, what is the best way to deal with harrassment so that you're safe, as well as able to express your anger and disgust, and make it clear that this is NOT ok?

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