Police are questioning a man in connection with a sexual assault in Brooklyn Monday night, now being considered the 13th in a string of attacks in the area.
The man was being questioned in the groping of an 18-year-old woman just before 8 p.m. Monday in Sunset Park, police said. The woman had just gotten off the train and was walking along 36th Street when a man groped her and ran away.
Police initially said Tuesday morning the incident was not part of the pattern of sexual attacks they were investigating, but at a community meeting in Brooklyn the same evening, said it did in fact fit the pattern.
Investigators will bring in the victims from the previous dozen assaults and see if they are able to identify the man in questioning as the suspect who attacked them.
Meanwhile, police held another safety meeting in Brooklyn Tuesday as concerns mounted over the increasing number of sex attacks.
"I don't think it's acceptable," said meeting attendee Sycelina Budhu. "It should've been solved by now."
Police distributed two new sketches in their investigation of the sex attacks, bringing the total number of suspect sketches to five.
But exactly how many assailants are on the loose remains unclear.
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