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An illegal migrant with nine prior busts randomly groped a 16-year-old girl in the vestibule of a Brooklyn high school before a teacher gave him the boot, cops and law enforcement sources said.

José Duran Enrique, 45, originally from Nicaragua, entered the front entry area of High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology on 67th Street near Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge around 8 a.m. Tuesday and grabbed the buttocks of the teen student, a stranger to him, police said.

A teacher spotted the pervy intruder and told him to leave, according to the sources. He never made it any further into the school, sources said. 


  Jose Duran Enrique, 45, is accused of groping the teen girl inside the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology Tuesday morning, cops said. Paul Martinka Jose Duran Enrique, 45, is accused of groping the teen girl inside the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology Tuesday morning, cops said. Paul Martinka

Duran Enrique took off, but was not on the lam for long before cops caught up to him nearby around 10:30 a.m., cops said. 

He was arrested and charged with burglary, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment, authorities said. 

 “The safety of our students is our absolute top priority, and we are providing support to the young people who experienced this unacceptable violation,” the city’s Department of Education said in a statement. “After this individual entered the vestibule of the building, NYPD School Safety agents immediately responded.”

During his Wednesday arraignment, prosecutors requested that Duran Enrique be held on $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond, but a judge ultimately ordered him held on $1,000 bail or $5,000 bond, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. 

Duran Enrique, of Queens, has nine prior arrests, the most recent on Jan. 20 of this year for trespassing in another person’s garage on 76th Street in his home borough, according to sources.

He was issued a desk appearance ticket and never appeared in court on Feb. 6, so a warrant was issued for him, sources said. He is scheduled to reappear in court on that matter on April 17.


  Duran Enrique, of Queens, has nine prior arrests, sources said. Paul Martinka Duran Enrique, of Queens, has nine prior arrests, sources said. Paul Martinka

Duran Enrique also failed to appear in Queens court when he was busted on Dec. 13 for criminal trespass in Queens, according to the sources.

In 2023, he was busted for petit larceny in Manhattan in October, burglary in Queens in September, grand larceny in Manhattan 10 days earlier, and forcible touching in Queens in May, sources said.

He was also issued desk appearance tickets for possession of a stolen credit card and grand larceny, both in February 2023, according to the sources. 

Duran Enrique was originally apprehended by Customs and Border Protection back in 2022 in Eagle Pass, Texas, federal law enforcement sources said.

He was released on parole into the United States, according to the sources.

He was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement Custody for more than a year before bonding out in November 2024, the sources said.

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