Shoppers detain man accused of groping 15-year-old at California mall
Redding CA Jan 26, 2022
A 44-year-old Oregon man is accused of grabbing a 15-year-old girl by the buttocks in a food court line at a Redding, California, shopping mall, police say.
Onlookers sprang into action after they witnessed a 44-year-old man “grab the buttocks” of a 15-year-old girl waiting in a food court line at a California shopping mall, police said.
They detained the Portland, Oregon, man and summoned security at Mount Shasta Mall after the 4 p.m. incident Sunday, Jan. 23, Redding police said in a news release.
Security guards handcuffed the man until police arrived, the release said.
He faces charges including annoying or molesting a minor and sexual battery.
Several people reported seeing the man at the mall earlier in comments on the police Facebook post about the incident.
Redding is a city of more than 91,000 people in Shasta County in Northern California.
