- David Cruz-Rodriguez, 33, groped three women at Brighton Beach on Sunday morning, according to police
- The homeless man faces charges of forcible touching and resisting arrest
- On February 8 he grabbed two women’s bottoms in a Manhattan subway station
- One of the women managed to get photos of him wearing a Santa hat and rose-colored glasses and police released them asking the public to help identify him
- He was arrested on March 20 and charged with two counts of forcible touching
- A Parks Department source said Cruz-Rodriguez may be responsible for several similar incidents reported by women in recent days and weeks
A homeless man accused of groping two women in a Manhattan subway station earlier this year while wearing rose-colored glasses and a Santa hat has been busted again.
David Cruz-Rodriguez, 33, groped three women in less than a half hour in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, according to police.
Cruz-Rodriguez allegedly molested one sunbather as she slept on the sand off the Riegelmann Boardwalk at about 10.30am.
Ten minutes later he grabbed a woman’s breast as she was walking along the beach and dropped his pants to expose himself to her.
A few minutes later he groped a 59-year-old woman’s breast before he was arrested by Parks Enforcement.
David Cruz-Rodriguez, 33, groped three women in less than a half hour in Brighton Beach on Sunday morning, police say. He is pictured above after groping two women in February
On February 8 Cruz-Rodriguez grabbed two women’s backsides in a Flatiron district subway station. One of the women took photos of him wearing a Santa hat and rose-colored glasses
Police didn’t say if he was wearing his signature Santa hat.
Cruz-Rodriguez faces charges of forcible touching and resisting arrest.
Earlier this year, Cruz-Rodriguez grabbed two women’s backsides in a Flatiron district subway station at 7pm on February 8.
One of the women snapped photos of him wearing a Santa hat and rose-colored glasses.
Police released the photos and asked for the public’s help in identifying him.
He was recognized in the Santa hat by cops from the Homeless Outreach Unit while littering in Bryant Park around 4am on March 20.
The two women he groped — ages 32 and 34 — both identified him in a lineup, cops said.
Cruz was charged with two counts of forcible touching.
After his arrest, a 22-year-old woman whom he’d grabbed on February 9 recognized Cruz-Rodriguez’s photo in media reports and reported the incident.
A Parks Department source told the NYPost Cruz-Rodriguez may be responsible for several similar incidents reported by women in recent days and weeks.