Minneapolis, MN
Families warn of serial groper riding skateboard in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – In latest months some households in Minneapolis say a person on a skateboard has groped a number of younger women within the space. However they’ve been unable to establish the person, and whereas police are investigating, as of Tuesday night time nobody was in custody.
Amy tells FOX 9 that her 11-year-old daughter was exterior driving a scooter round 3 p.m. on Oct. 15, when a person on a skateboard got here up from behind.
“My daughter got here into the home instantly afterward and mentioned one thing simply made me actually uncomfortable… as [he was] passing her, they reached out and grabbed her backside, after which they mentioned one thing to her, however she couldn’t perceive what they mentioned,” Amy mentioned. “I used to be disgusted and upset, and got here exterior and appeared down the road and walked across the block to see if I can discover the man.”
Amy says the scenario is much more horrifying as a result of on-line on Nextdoor near a dozen households have described related run-ins with an individual all of them imagine is similar man. Together with again in Might, close to forty seventh and forty seventh, in June, close to 51st and Chowen, and in July, close to 53rd and Humboldt.
On Tuesday, a Minneapolis police spokesperson mentioned the scenario is pressing, and whereas a few the instances have similarities… the division is treating every one as its personal separate case, whereas actively searching for any doable connection between them.
In the meantime, the scenario has pressured Amy to have a severe dialog together with her daughter, at an all too younger age.
“She’s simply creeped out. She doesn’t need to cease doing the actions that she likes doing due to this incident,” Amy mentioned. “I simply let her know that it wasn’t her fault, and she or he didn’t do something fallacious.”