Subway Sex Abuse Suspect Charged with Rubbing Penis on Young Girl

A No. 7 train. Photo via the MTA Flickr.

By David Brand

A Bronx man was charged with sexual abuse Monday night after he allegedly showed his penis to a 9-year-old girl and then rubbed it against her arm on the No. 7 train earlier this month.

Ronald Dudley, 40, was arrested Monday after the NYPD received an anonymous tip identifying him as the suspect in surveillance camera footage, prosecutors said. Dudley allegedly stood next to the victim, exposed his penis and rubbed it on her arm while traveling near the 61st Street-Woodside station.

“This was a horrible, disturbing act that no one — let alone an innocent child — should have to endure,” said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown in a statement. “The defendant is a 40-year-old man who is alleged to have traumatized this little girl for his own demented sexual gratification.”

Dudley was arraigned Monday before Queens Criminal Court Judge Jeffery Gershuny on charges of first- and third-degree sexual abuse, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child. Gershuny set bail at $100,000 and ordered the defendant to return to court on March 15.

Dudley is represented by defense attorney Evan Sugar of the Legal Aid Society. Sugar did not immediately respond to request for comment.

If convicted, Dudley faces up to seven years in prison.