RHINECLIFF – A 49-year-old Columbia County man was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor charge of forcible touching following a complaint from a woman aboard an Amtrak train. State troopers, working with MTA police, responded to the Rhinecliff Train Station just after noon on August 29 to investigate the report of the incident that occurred aboard an incoming train.

According to police, a woman said she was on the train, seated in the same row with a man she did not know, and he forcibly touched her without her consent. The woman was able to escape the man’s clutches and waited for the police to arrive at the train station. After police investigated the incident, a suspect was identified and taken into custody.

Antonio Perez, 49, of Valatie in Columbia County, was arrested on the misdemea

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