Crime & Safety
Man Grabbed Woman's Butt In Paramus Department Store: Police
Edward Evans, 53, was arrested after police ID'd him from a video the woman's mother took of him, police said.
PARAMUS, NJ — A man was arrested Wednesday after he grabbed a woman's buttocks while she was shopping in a Marshall's department store, police announced.
Edward Evans, 53, of Bergenfield, was charged with criminal sexual contact, said Paramus Police Deputy Chief Robert Guidetti.
Police responded to the Marshall's in the Bergen Town Center just before 8 p.m. Saturday on a report of a man who grabbed a 19-year-old woman's buttock while she was shopping, said Guidetti.
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The woman told her mother what happened. The mother chased the man and recorded a video of him with her phone, Guidetti said.
Paramus Police detectives later identified the man in the video as Evans, the deputy chief said.
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Paramus and Bergenfield police officers arrested Evans at his home Wednesday.
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Photo: Edward Evans, 53, of Bergenfield (Paramus Police Department)
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