ANDOVER, MASS. (WHDH) - Transit police arrested a Haverhill man who allegedly committed a lewd act in front of a woman while on a Commuter Rail train on Christmas Eve, officials said.

Officers responding to Andover station for a report of a disorderly man spoke with a woman who said she witnessed 27-year-old Andy Hernandez staring intently at her as he committed a lewd act on the Haverhill Line train between the Ballardville and Malden stops, according to transit police.

He was arrested on a charge of open and gross lewdness.

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