Man In Negligee, Lace Garter Gropes Woman In Brookline: Police

BROOKLINE, MA — A man dressed in a negligee and lace garter groped a woman on Washington Street Sunday, according to police.

On Sunday morning early a woman was walking along Washington Street near the corner of Salisbury Road when she passed a man walking the other way wearing a black dress or nightgown with a lace garter belt. Just as she passed him he grabbed her by the shoulders and pull her toward him and then grabbed her rear end.

The woman screamed and ran down Washington Street and turned onto Beacon Street at Washington Square and called police once she got to Marion Street.

She described the man to police as white and in his 20s. She said he was about 5'10 with a stocky build and with short brown hair and facial stubble. Police broadcasted to Boston Police and Transit Police while Brookline units were searching the area.

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