NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- There's been a lot of talk about perverts on the subway lately.
The New York Post reports, there have been about a dozen deviants who have been repeatedly arrested.
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"(The men) wake up in the morning for one purpose, and that is to commit these crimes," an NYPD insider told the Post.
The paper said one guy has been arrested 32 times for transit sex crimes. James Hunt, 41, is alleged to have a habit of sucking his thumb while touching himself.
Others are accused of grinding against and even groping other passengers. On Valentine's Day, 40-year-old Ronald Dudley was accused of rubbing against a 9-year-old girl.
Authorities say the offenders come from all walks of life.
"These are family men, too. They have wives, they have kids," a source told the Post, "They say, 'Please don't tell my wife.'"
Cops say there are behavior patterns they look for when busting subway perverts.
"The individual who's looking to commit the crime is looking at who's around, letting trains go by," a police source said, "They look for that very precise time where they feel nobody is watching and they're going to be able to commit the crime."
The source told the Post the men prefer express trains and like to get into the first car because it tends to be the most crowded.
Law enforcement officials want serial offenders banned from the system for life. They say without the authority to arrest known offenders on site, they have to wait until the man seeks out another victim and strikes again.
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