N.J. man in Elmo costume touched 14-year-old girl’s buttocks in Times Square, cops say

A 54-year-old New Jersey man clad in an Elmo costume in New York’s Times Square was arrested Sunday on charges he touched the buttocks of a teenage girl Sunday, authorities said.

The 14-year-old girl and other members of her group were posing for a photo with the furry, red Sesame Street character near the corner of Broadway and West 46th Street around 7:20 p.m. when the man slid his hands down the girl’s back, the New York Police Department said.

Her group leader then called the cops.

Inocente Andrade-Pacheco, of Passaic, was charged with forcible touching.