FAIRFIELD, Conn. (PIX11) – A Metro-North worker has been accused of committing a lewd act on a woman aboard a train Tuesday morning.
The woman, who dozed off aboard the 7:35 a.m. train from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven, woke up to find bodily fluids on her after the man had completed the sex act, authorities said.
The suspect, 34-year-old Manny Ramos, allegedly fled from the train when she woke up and the woman, who alerted train crews, followed him. The train was held at the Fairfield station and Ramos was apprehended on a nearby street soon after.
“It’s the last thing you’d expect to experience on a Metro-North train,” said one rider.
Ramos, who is from Brooklyn, had been working as a coach cleaner since October 2011 and was training to become an engineer. Metro-North says Ramos has no criminal record, based on a background check, and had no disciplinary problems at Metro-North.
Ramos was on his way to New Haven to take a written exam for his training, and was technically on duty.
He has been suspended without pay, and was to be arraigned in Bridgeport court Tuesday afternoon. He posted a $1,000 bond Tuesday.
He has been charged with public indecency and breach of peace, both misdemeanors.