N.Y. Foot Fetishist Admits 70 Subway Attacks, Officials Say
A 23-year-old with a foot fetish has admitted he tried to kiss, fondle and lick the legs and toes of more than 70 women on the New York subway over the last three years, prosecutors said Wednesday.
In a handwritten confession to police released by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Joseph Weir said his aim was “to make them laugh and smile and open to talk to me.”
Weir, who was arrested last week after attacking a woman on a subway in Lower Manhattan, is charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment -- the latter charge referring to his habit of grabbing his victims’ legs and not letting go.
He faces up to a year in jail and has been released on $6,000 bail until a June 26 hearing.
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