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Woman harassed at local store
CAROLYN CRIST
Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: News
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Police are using surveillance tapes to locate a man who sexually harassed a University woman shopping at Wal-Mart Tuesday.
The 19-year-old woman said the man grabbed her buttocks twice while she was at Wal-Mart on Lexington Road at 7 p.m., said Athens-Clarke County Officer Robert Dunlap.
According to the police report filed by Dunlap:
The woman said she was looking at clothes when the man approached her and said, "You are looking fine." She thanked him and walked away, and told Dunlap she hoped the man would get the hint and leave.
However, the man grabbed her buttocks, and she shoved him and yelled at him.
He began walking toward the back of the store and then approached her from the opposite side. He grabbed her from behind by the waist and pulled her against him. When she turned around and tried to shove him away again, he grabbed her buttocks again.
She told Dunlap she then yelled again loudly.
The man walked away and went to the back of the store. Surveillance footage showed that he left the store through the grocery exit. Pictures of the suspect were submitted as evidence.
The suspect is described as a black man between the ages of 16 and 18, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches, with short hair, medium complexion and a medium build. He wore a gray T-shirt and baggy red shorts.
The 19-year-old woman said the man grabbed her buttocks twice while she was at Wal-Mart on Lexington Road at 7 p.m., said Athens-Clarke County Officer Robert Dunlap.
According to the police report filed by Dunlap:
The woman said she was looking at clothes when the man approached her and said, "You are looking fine." She thanked him and walked away, and told Dunlap she hoped the man would get the hint and leave.
However, the man grabbed her buttocks, and she shoved him and yelled at him.
He began walking toward the back of the store and then approached her from the opposite side. He grabbed her from behind by the waist and pulled her against him. When she turned around and tried to shove him away again, he grabbed her buttocks again.
She told Dunlap she then yelled again loudly.
The man walked away and went to the back of the store. Surveillance footage showed that he left the store through the grocery exit. Pictures of the suspect were submitted as evidence.
The suspect is described as a black man between the ages of 16 and 18, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches, with short hair, medium complexion and a medium build. He wore a gray T-shirt and baggy red shorts.
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Gabe Newman
Gabe Newman
posted 11/08/07 @ 2:05 PM EST
Is it really necessary for us to keep this kind of people on the planet? If so, then send him to live in Afghanistan, because they'll kill his ars pretty quickly, I'm sure. (Continued…)
Kaitlin
posted 11/08/07 @ 3:52 PM EST
Are we surprised? This is Walmart we are talking about. They're the ones that breed these worthless pieces of trash. I wouldn't even consider the Walocaust a "local store. (Continued…)
Ron
posted 11/08/07 @ 7:02 PM EST
This is all the more reason for young women (and men) to know self defense tactics and/or carry some good pepper spray. If I had been in the walmart and seen what had happened I probably would have knocked the guy out and then held him for police. (Continued…)
Go to Oconee's Walmart Instead
posted 11/08/07 @ 8:18 PM EST
What do you expect? This Walmart is on the East Side, near the hellhole called Nellie B. All the people from the ghetto shop there. Shop at the Wally World in Oconee County, it's safer and much cleaner too. (Continued…)
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