Thursday, November 10, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: A black man has been arrested for groping an 18-year-old protester and is also suspected of rape in the camp

African-American Tonye Iketubosin, 26, an Occupy Wall Street protester who served food at the New York camp has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a woman and is a suspect in a rape at Zuccotti Park. He was charged after he groped an 18-year-old protester in a tent he helped her pitch. The victim told police in a delayed report that Iketubosin had refused to leave when she returned hours later to sleep. Reports suggest that the woman managed to shove the man out of the tent after he grabbed her thigh and buttocks. It is not believed that she was acquainted with him before the incident. Police say that Iketubosin was arrested shortly after the incident was reported. He has been arraigned with bail set at $7,500 bond or $5,000 cash. Iketubosin, who resides with his aunt in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has a sealed juvenile record in Texas. The prosecutor said that Iketubosin is a suspect in several rapes in the park.

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