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Gramercy Man Gropes Woman on L Train, Police Say

 Tal Yeadon, 32, felt up a woman on the L train on July 13, police said.
Tal Yeadon, 32, felt up a woman on the L train on July 13, police said.
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UNION SQUARE — A Gramercy man groped a woman on an L train, according to a police report. 

Officers arrested Tal Yeadon, 32, in the 14th Street-Union Square subway station on July 13 after the victim, a 27-year-old woman, reported him, police said.

The woman was on the a L train at about 5:40 p.m. when Yeadon came up behind her repeatedly touched her butt, according to a police report. When he got off at Union Square, the woman reported him to officers, who nabbed him, police said.

Prosecutors charged Yeadon with forcible touching and sex abuse, records show. A judge released him without bail, and he’s due back in court on Sept. 19, according to court records.

A lawyer for Yeadon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.