Sexual Assault Suspect Caught During Traffic Stop

CHARLOTTE, NC -- A man wanted by police for sexually assaulting a woman after she walked to a bus stop after work in June has been charged after he was arrested for a traffic violation.

The assault occurred around midnight on June 18 in the 6800 block of Monroe Road, as the victim was making her way to the bus stop near the corner of Monroe Road and Wallace Road. The suspect, now identified by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police as Malcolm Xavier Mitchell, 25, approached her with a gun and forced her behind a building where he assaulted her.

He eventually let her go and she called 911, but responding officers were unable to track the suspect, CMPD said. (Sign up for our free daily newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Charlotte Patch. iPhone users can download the Patch app in the App Store. Plus, like Charlotte Patch on Facebook.)

Nine days later, a CMPD officer spotted a vehicle matching the suspect’s description and made a traffic stop. “Thanks to the information gathered during the traffic stop, detectives were able to gather additional evidence, which confirmed Mitchell as the suspect in the sexual assault case,” CMPD said, announcing his July 5 arrest for the assault.

Mitchell has been charged with 1st degree kidnapping, 1st degree attempted armed robbery, three counts of 1st degree sex offense and 1st degree attempted sex offense.

Photo courtesy of CMPD