Arrest made in groping cases involving man on bicycle
CBC News
Posted: Aug 9, 2012 11:45 AM MT
Last Updated: Aug 10, 2012 2:45 AM MT
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Calgary police had released this surveillance photo of a suspect in two groping incidents who was riding a bike. (Calgary Police Services)Calgary police have charged a man in connection with two cases of assault that happened last month in the city's southeast and involved a man on a bicycle.
In one case, the suspect approached a woman and grabbed her breast.
In the other, he was naked from the waist down and circled the woman before grabbing her arm.
The suspect rode away in both incidents.
Police arrested a man late Tuesday near Radcliffe Drive southeast.
The 47-year-old Calgary man is charged with one count of sexual assault, one count of assault and one count of committing an indecent act in a public place.
He was in court Thursday morning.
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