Central Park worker sentenced for lewd acts against co-worker

A Central Park worker was sentenced Tuesday for grabbing a female co-worker's rear end while exposing himself last year.

Despite pleas from the crying victim to give Vernon Gowdy the maximum one-year sentence for his forcible touching and exposure convictions, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrera punished Gowdy with four months in prison, according to the Manhattan DA's office.

Gowdy, 44, had worked with the Parks Department for 18 years, the DA's office said.