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A 16-year-old girl walked into the BP gas station, located in Huntington Station at 233 Walt Whitman Road on Monday, Oct. 14 at approximately 10 p.m. when she engaged in conversation with a gas station attendant, according to Suffolk County Police.
The employee then forcibly touched the girl two separate times.
The victim left the gas station and reported the incident to the Suffolk County Police Department on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Following an investigation, detectives from the Second Squad of the Suffolk County PD arrested Harjindar Singh, 61, of Greenlawn on Wednesday, October 16.
Singh was charged with:
- Two counts of forcible touching,
- Two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
He was held overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this case or who maybe a victim of Singh, to contact the SCPD Second Squad at 631-854-8252.
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