A man was arrested Sunday afternoon in front of his Tacoma home. He is the suspect in a series of gropings, one of which was a Ballard High School Student, according to the SPD Blotter.
From SPD:
Seattle police arrested a suspected groper Sunday afternoon after he pulled up to his Tacoma apartment in a red truck, just like the one described by several of his victims.
Detectives believe the 23-year-old Tacoma man first approached a woman in alleyway in the University District on September 18th, groped her and then fled in the very same truck.
About a month later, on October 20th, police received a report in in the Ballard area that a man in a red truck had groped a high school student walking back to campus. Minutes later, police received a call in the same area from a woman, who said a man had groped her as she was pushing a child down the street in a stroller.
The following day, Ballard High School security officers spotted the truck near campus, snapped a picture, and provided it to police.
SPD detectives were able to identify the suspect and officers arrested him at his Tacoma home Sunday. Police booked him into the King County Jail for three counts of assault with sexual motivation.
Detectives are also investigating the suspect for a fourth groping in the Haller Lake area on October 20th.
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