Skateboarding-Groper Attacking Lady Joggers In Orange County

IRVINE, CA — Over the weekend, a skateboard-riding suspect sexually attacked at least two women in Orange County. On Tuesday, police asked for the public's help regarding the two sexual battery cases that occurred in the Woodbury area. The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20s, 5 feet, 10 inches to 6 feet tall, thin or medium build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants and riding a skateboard.

"On Sunday between 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., a woman jogging at Groveland and Townsend was groped by the suspect as he rode by her on a skateboard,"Kim Mohr of the Irvine Police Department said.

The next day, at approximately 8:15 p.m. Monday, a woman jogging at Rolling Green and Statuary was shoved down to the ground. She then struggled with the suspect as he tried to stop her from shouting for help by covering her mouth with his hands, Mohr said.

When that failed, he groped her before he fled, she said.

Police have increased patrols in the area and asked for the public's help providing residential surveillance video that could help identify the suspect, Mohr said. Video from homes on the streets where the attacks happened and from residences facing the Jeffrey Open Space trail are needed, she said.

Anyone with helpful information was asked to call Detective Keith Herter at (949) 724-7183 or email him at kherter@cityofirvine.org.

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