Mountain View Police Seek Suspicious Man Approaching Women

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Mountain View police are asking the public for help in identifying a man who was behaving suspiciously and tried to take a woman’s cell phone last Monday.

Police today said the man first approached a woman walking on Stevens Creek Trail near El Camino Real around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 and tried to start a conversation.

When the woman felt uncomfortable and began to jog away the man ran after her, but she was able to outrun him, police said.

Around 2 p.m., another woman told police that a man with a similar description had tried to take her cell phone.

The man is described as a black or Hispanic male in his mid-30s, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a stocky build.

He has a shaved head and a mustache and was last seen wearing glasses, a gray sweater, long black shorts that stopped at his ankles and tan Timberland boots, police said.

One victim said he was talking to himself before he approached her.

Anyone who recognizes this man should call Det. Kevin Galloway at (650) 903-6624 or send an email to Kevin.Galloway@mountainview.gov.

-Bay City News, image via MVPD