“I was raised to fight back. I felt disgusting. I’m nice but I’m a tough cookie.” – Shyane DeJesus
Last week, 22-year old college student Shyane DeJesus attacked, berated, and snapped a cell phone picture of a man who groped her on a subway platform in New York City.
Yesterday she identified him from a police lineup of suspects.
“I knew it was him right away,” Shyane Dejesus, a senior at City College, said Monday. “It is a face I couldn’t forget. … I was overwhelmed. I started crying.”
The man she identified, Froylan Andrade, 39, was awaiting arraignment Monday night on sex abuse charges — a day after cops arrested him at his Elmhurst, Queens, home…
Cops said they were able to arrest Andrade because of a tipster who recognized him from the photo Dejesus snapped.
Andrade was arrested Sunday after his brother gave cops his address.
Both brothers work at Spring Natural, a restaurant on Spring St. Police went there after getting the tip…
Dejesus, who got off the subway at Astor Place, urged other women to fight back too.
“Don’t let them scare you,” she said. “They’re cowards.”
Concealed Weapon says
Shyane DeJesus, you’re a hero, but I’m sure you already know that. Hopefully this makes abusers think twice before abusing.
beckie says
such an empowering story!