Foot-Fetish Assailant on NYC Subways Caught

Remember last time, with the exposer/"self-pleasurer"? And the European sophisticates who ran over to Karol's site to say things like "You stupid Americans, so uptight and Puritanical about a little pud-tug on the metros..." ?

That was so much fun I hope we get some more of that.

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 on 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."

Hmmm... how do I make a girl talk to me? Catch her eye, maybe offer her a small smile.

Or, perhaps, grab her leg and start forcibly sucking on her toes.

Two good plans. How to choose between them?

Weir, who was arrested late 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 if convicted and has been released on $6,000 bail until a court hearing on June 26.

In a rambling confession peppered with grammatical errors, Weir, who lives in Brooklyn, detailed how he accosted the women while riding the subways between Manhattan and the borough of Queens.

"I get on my knees, bow, grab their feet, kiss them. I grab their hand and tell them 'You're so beautiful. I'm not worthy,"' he wrote. "I do not give me real name. If they ask I will tell them my name is Anthony, Jason or Careem."

Weir said his motivation was to get to know the women, but he recalled that often they would move away when he tried to "taste and touch them."

"Some women had kick(ed) me and screamed," he wrote. "I've done this to about 70 women, mostly black."

I want to write something sarcastic here, but it seems superfluous. The guy seems genuinely perplexed that women kicked and screamed when he tried to "taste and touch them."

Without a doubt, he needs to be locked up. But, in his defense, it's boring on the subway if you've forgotten to bring a newspaper or book. Gotta kill time somehow.

Thanks to Dennis the Shrubbist.

posted by Ace at 03:30 PM

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