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Bronx, NY

A packed sub­way car, Hardware’s favorite place to mas­tur­bate. Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

In the annals of sub­way per­ver­sion, Dar­nell Hard­ware of the Bronx has to be one of the most heinous offend­ers. Pros­e­cu­tors say that in three inci­dents between 2002 and 2005, Hard­ware pulled out his “hard­ware” on a packed sub­way train, rubbed it against a young woman appar­ently until he cli­maxed, and then escaped when the train doors opened. Accord­ing to DNA Info:

Pros­e­cu­tors said his alleged vic­tims, a 24-year-old, 22-year-old and a 17-year-old high school stu­dent, were trapped in the packed cars and help­less to escape because they could not move away from Hard­ware even as dozens of wit­nesses looked on.

The fact that nobody on these packed trains con­fronted Hard­ware as he assaulted these women, or appre­hended him before he could bolt, is pretty depress­ing. But where bystanders failed, semen pre­vailed. Hard­ware was finally con­nected to the inci­dents last month when he was forced to sub­mit a DNA swab for an unre­lated drug charge. I knew it was you, semen. You broke my heart.

Ser­ial Sub­way Sex Abuser Car­ried Out String of Attacks, DA Says [DNA Info]

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