Attempted Sex Assault At Oxford Valley Mall Under Investigation

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, PA —The Middletown Township Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a man involved in an attempted sexual assault outside the Oxford Valley Mall last week.

Middletown Township Police are investigating the attempted sexual assault that took place outside of the Macy’s at the Oxford Valley Mall at 6:55 p.m. Friday.

The suspect is described as a man with dark short hair in his late teens or early 20s, police said. He was wearing a Penn State Nittany Lions sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and white sneakers, police said.

He followed the woman from the mall into the parking lot and reached under her dress grabbing her while she was loading her children into her vehicle.

The woman did not know the suspect.

Anyone with information or who recognizes the suspect is asked to contact Detective John Beck at jbeck@mtpd.org or call 215-750-3838, or Detective Lt. Steve Forman can be contacted at sforman@mtpd.org or 215-750-3857.