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WTOP radio, 5/23:
 

Man accused of sexual assault against woman sleeping on Metro train

 

WASHINGTON — A violent attack last month on a Metro train has come to light Monday. A D.C. man is accused of sexual assault against a woman who had been sleeping on a Red Line train bound for Glenmont.

 

Court documents indicate the incident happened on April 12 around 10 a.m. when the woman awoke on the train near Fort Totten or Takoma and was attacked by a man with a knife.

 

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Police said Metro’s high definition surveillance video from the Glenmont station helped identify Hicks and a Metro Transit Police detective immediately recognized him as a suspect wanted in another sex offense a week earlier.

 

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The Washington Post, 5/24:
 

Accused Metro rapist had been identified as suspect in earlier indecent exposure

 

A week before John P. Hicks allegedly raped a woman on a Red Line Metro train last month, Transit Police identified him as a suspect in an indecent-exposure incident on the same line but did not immediately seek to arrest him, court records show. An eyewitness had captured the incident on video and reported it to police.

 

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On Tuesday, Metro officials offered little comment on why Transit Police did not quickly obtain a warrant for Hicks’s arrest for indecent exposure before he allegedly raped a woman at knifepoint on the same subway line.  .  .  .

 

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WTTG/WDCA Washington, DC 5/25:
 

Metro Transit Police ordered to disclose violent crimes to public

 

WASHINGTON - After a public outcry and complaints from Congress, there has been a big shakeup in Metro Transit Police policy. On Tuesday, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has ordered the police department to publicly report violent crimes on the same day when it happens.

 

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WTOP radio 5/8/19:
 

Woman raped on Red Line train sues Metro for $20M

 

 

A woman who was raped by a fellow rider on a Red Line train in 2016 is suing Metro for $20 million.

 

The woman, who is proceeding anonymously since she was a victim of a sexual assault, charges that Metro did not do enough to arrest the man who raped her before the incident, to prevent him from being on a train, or to warn riders and workers about him.

 

Metro was looking for John Prentice Hicks after he was believed to have exposed himself to other Red Line riders a week and a half before the rape, but did not immediately try to arrest him.

 

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