Police charged a Brooklyn man with groping three women in Manhattan, police said.
Karl Vanderwoude, 26, was taken into custody yesterday from his Park Slope basement home after police received several tips through Crime Stoppers, sources said.
The police department conducted line-ups, and Vanderwoude was positively identified by victims, sources said.
Vanderwoude allegedly approached a 22-year-old woman around 7:20 p.m. March 30, put his hand between her legs, and then took off, authorities said. He was charged with unlawful surveillance and forcible touching for the incident.
Vanderwoulde also allegedly grabbed the butt of a 19-year-old woman when she was walking on 2nd Avenue, near East 67th Street, about 1:55 p.m. Feb. 27, cops said.
He is believed to have first struck on Feb. 26, when he grabbed the crotch and butt of a 31-year-old woman on Varick Street and King Street, police said. The alleged sicko faces two more counts of forcible touching for the incidents.