Groping Suspect At Macy's Store: Sketch From Palo Alto Police

Palo Alto police today have released the sketch of a man who groped another man at a department store restroom at the Stanford Shopping Center on Wednesday.

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Around noon, the victim reported to police that the suspect groped him roughly 15 minutes ago inside the men’s restroom of the Macy’s men’s department store at 180 El Camino Real, police said.

Arriving officers were unable to find the suspect in the area, according to police. An investigation indicated that the victim was standing at a urinal when the suspect entered the restroom.

[Also this week: Cops Release Sketch of Suspect Who Snapped Photo Of Woman In Palo Alto Restroom Stall.]

The suspect grabbed the victim’s buttocks over his pants, police said.

The suspect then looked over the urinal partition to look at the victim’s exposed penis, according to police.

When the victim objected to the suspect’s behavior, the suspect left the restroom and was seen walking out of the store, police said. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his 30s with a medium build.

He was wearing a red sweatshirt and brown carpenter-style pants at the time of the incident, according to police.

Detectives are looking into whether the incident is linked to a case in which a man took a photo on his cellphone of a woman in a bathroom at Cubberley Community Center on Monday night.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Palo Alto police at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be made by email at paloalto@tipnow.org or by voice mail or text message to (650) 383-8984.

--Bay City News

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