BROOKLYN — A man with a history of sexual abuse was arrested Wednesday afternoon by police for groping an 11-year-old girl on a Canarsie bus, police said.
Edward Lewis, 47, grabbed the girl’s buttocks while she was on a B6 bus near Flatlands Avenue and East 80th Street Monday morning, police said. Lewis has 12 prior arrests, including a 2007 bust for sexual abuse and weapons possession, a police spokesman said.
He also has arrests for marijuana possession and a number of the other incidents are sealed, the spokesman added.
The 47-year-old, who lives on Bedford Avenue near Atlantic Avenue, was charged with sex abuse and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
He was expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Wednesday evening.