Crime & Safety

Man Grabs Jogger's Buttocks Along Custis Trail: Police

Arlington County Police are investigating a sexual assault that occured Monday afternoon in the Waycroft-Woodlawn area.

Arlington County Police are investigating a sexual assault that occured Monday afternoon in the Waycroft-Woodlawn area.
Arlington County Police are investigating a sexual assault that occured Monday afternoon in the Waycroft-Woodlawn area. (Michael O'Connell | Patch)

ARLINGTON, VA — A man grabbed a woman by the buttocks Monday afternoon as she was jogging along the Custis Trail in the Waycroft-Woodlawn area, according to the Arlington County Police Department's daily crime report.

Around 12:37 p.m., officers were dispatched to the area of N. Glebe Road at 15th Street N., for the report of a sexual assault. The victim told police she was jogging nearby on the Custis Trail when she saw a man jogging toward her. As they passed each other, the man turned around and grabbed the victim's buttocks. The man then fled the area on foot. No injuries were reported.

Police describe the suspect as a pudgy Hispanic man, standing 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, with brown eyes. He was wearing a tan baseball cap, white shirt, cargo shorts, and white tennis shoes.

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