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Straphanger Who Masturbated on B Train Arrested, Police Say

By Trevor Kapp | March 3, 2017 12:23pm | Updated on March 6, 2017 8:46am
 Police charged Robert Mannis, 60, for masturbating aboard a B train last month.
Police charged Robert Mannis, 60, for masturbating aboard a B train last month.
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police arrested a straphanger they say masturbated aboard a B train last month, days after exposing himself on a subway staircase.

Robert Mannis, 60, exposed himself and then masturbated on the train about 9:20 p.m. on Feb. 13 before fleeing at the DeKalb Avenue stop, police said.

Investigators later determined that he also exposed himself while walking up a subway station staircase on West 32nd Street and Broadway on Feb. 7, the NYPD said.

Mannis, of East Flatbush, was charged with two counts public lewdness.