ARLINGTON, VA — A teenage girl was groped by a man inside a Pentagon City business on Monday, according to Arlington County police.
Officers responded to the 1100 block of South Hayes Street around 11 a.m. for a report of a sexual battery.
Police said the juvenile victim was inside a business when a man approached her from behind, grabbed her buttocks and fled.
Responding officers searched the area but did not locate the suspect.
The suspect is described as a Black man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts.
The investigation is ongoing.
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