JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) -- A 55-year-old deacon from Queens is under arrest, accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the subway.
Authorities say Jamie Pinzon, a deacon at St. Joan of Arc on 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights, groped a 27-year-old subway rider on an F train between 47th-50th Streets/Rockefeller Center and 57th Street/6th Avenue just after 9 a.m. last Tuesday.
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The suspect then fled at 34th Street/Herald Square.
Police recovered cell phone photos the woman took of the suspect. They released them, and members of the church community recognized the deacon and called police.
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Pinzon is charged with one count of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of forcible touching.
He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on February 16.