Prosecutors Say Woman Raped on a Metro Train Last Month, Suspect Arrested

Suspect in Metro sex assault last month, 39 yo John Hicks, ordered held w/o bond. MTPD arrested hours after incident pic.twitter.com/F3PT4TnX8B

— Metro Transit Police (@MetroTransitPD) May 23, 2016

A reader passes on the horrifying account from the Washington Post:

“A 39-year-old woman was raped at knifepoint on a moving Metro train just before 10 a.m. last month in the Wheaton-­Glenmont area of Montgomery County, prosecutors said in court Monday.”

Update from Metro Transit Police:

“Metro GM has directed MTPD to make public notification of any violent crime the same day where doing so will not hinder investigation #wmata”