Sexual Battery Arrest At UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, CA — A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple offenses after he allegedly inappropriately touched a University of California at Berkeley student early Monday morning, campus police said.

The sexual battery occurred when Jesus Dickey allegedly approached a female student at the Durant Food Court at 1:15 a.m. The victim told police that the man asked her for a hug and followed her to Freeborn Hall in
Residence Hall Unit 1 when she refused.

Police said Dickey allegedly grabbed the woman's buttock at the entrance of the building and then followed her into the residence hall. A security monitor at the building entrance told the suspect to leave and called UC police, who said they located and arrested Dickey at about 3 a.m.

Dickey also matched a Berkeley police suspect description in a separate case, and the two agencies arrested him on suspicion of sexual battery, false imprisonment, burglary and a felony probation violation.

Dickey was booked into Berkeley City Jail, according to UC police Sgt. Nicholas Hernandez.

— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch