NYPD Officer Groped While Patrolling Manhattan Subway Station, Police Say

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An NYPD officer was sexually assaulted on the job in Manhattan, police say.

It happened shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday while the uniformed officer was patrolling the 59th Street subway station.

Police said 31-year-old Herbert Guitzen walked up to the 36-year-old officer grabbed her buttocks.

He allegedly told her, "I want you to be my lover," sources said.

Guitzen was arrested on charges of forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.

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