Concord Man ID'd As Alleged BART Groper

Police today identified a man arrested in Concord on Monday on suspicion of groping a woman on a BART train as 20-year-old Emmanuel Cordova.

At 9:46 p.m. on Monday, a woman approached an officer at the Concord station and told the officer a man had groped her, according to BART police.

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The woman pointed out the man, later identified as Cordova, and told the officer he had followed her off the train, police said.

Police detained the suspect and then an independent witness came forward and reportedly told police the suspect came up from behind the woman and groped her buttocks.

Police arrested Cordova, a Concord resident, on suspicion of sexual battery and issued a 30-day prohibition order.

--Bay City News

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