Dave Parl (Lachlan Cartwright)
The methadone-addled man freeloading off the Wall Street protest — who told The Post there are warrants out for his arrest — was collared yesterday for allegedly groping a young woman.
Dave Park, 27, was handcuffed after he allegedly grabbed the victim’s behind in Zuccotti Park. It was one of four arrests yesterday connected to the rambunctious, 2,000-strong Occupy Wall Street rally.
Protesters said Park, of Stamford, Conn., had a hard time keeping his hands off the cheap booze and drugs and free food at the encampment — and also off the women.
“He’s been asked to leave almost every day. I heard he’s been grabbing girl’s asses, their chests and crotches, and I heard he even tried to jump in someone’s sleeping bag,” said Tony Parila, a protester from the Lower East Side.
“He doesn’t represent us, and he’s given us a bad name.”
The woman Park allegedly assaulted declined to press charges, but police held him on an open-container warrant he had received in Manhattan, sources said.
Park also claimed he’s wanted on a burglary warrant.
“It’s a bunch of crazy people doing crazy things,” Park had said before his arrest.
“I don’t know how it all started, but it’s cool.”
A friend of the woman said her pal was shaken and upset, but “she’s going to be OK. She just wanted to make sure that this didn’t happen to any other girls.”
Also arrested yesterday was Nathan Putney, 20, of Richmond, Va., and a 27-year-old man from Brooklyn.
Both were handed disorderly- conduct summonses for taking photos of police after they had been told to stop, sources said.
As he was arrested, Putney flashed the peace sign and a mob, screamed, “Let Nathan free!”
Meanwhile, Rachel McMurray, 27, was arrested for “damage to the sidewalk,” for writing on the corner of Liberty Street and Broadway in chalk.
A nearby protester said McMurray had intended to write, “Good morning, NYPD.”
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly explained why there were numerous arrests last weekend but very few this weekend.
“People didn’t break the law. It usually works that way. If you don’t break the law, you won’t have a problem,” he said.
Today, protest organizers will put on a “Millionaires March” to the homes of wealthy city residents.
The march is set to begin around 11:30 a.m. at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, organizers said.
It was unclear whether they had the proper permits for the marches.
One celebr made an appearance at Zuccotti Park yesterday. Rapper Kanye West rallied the crowd, which has been there since Sept. 17.
Additional reporting by Jessica Simeone and David Seifman