Crime & Safety

Queens Man Charged with 'Forcible Touching' in Port Washington

The incidents took place at a pizzeria, cops say.

 have charged a male employee at a Port Washington pizzeria with charges of forcible touching after four separate alleged incidents.

Detectives with the Sixth Squad arrested Benedetto Anzelmo, 42, of 72nd Street in Maspeth, Queens, on Monday at 4:55 p.m. Cops say Anzelmo, an employee at , rubbed against the thigh and buttocks area of a 17-year-old female co-worker for no legitimate purpose on four different occasions between Jan. 1, 2012 and March 2, 2012.

Anzelmo is charged with four counts of forcible touching, according to police.

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A man identifying himself on the phone as Anzelmo, told Patch the charges were "a mistake," adding that he'd done nothing wrong.

"I'll be fighting it in court," he said. 

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Anzelmo will be arraigned on Thursday, March 15, at First District Court in Hempstead.


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