Peninsula Woman Walking Groped By Man Who Exits Vehicle: Police

PALO ALTO, CA — Police are looking to identify a man who jumped out of his car and sexually battered a female pedestrian. The suspect fled and remains at large.

Dispatch received a call Monday at 9:03 p.m. that indicated a sex crime had just occurred in the 1200 block of University Avenue. The preliminary investigation revealed that a male suspect driving eastbound on University Avenue stopped his vehicle at Marlowe Street and exited. He approached a woman in her 20s walking on University Avenue from behind and grabbed her breasts, buttocks and groin area over her clothing. The victim chased after the suspect, but he ran back to the vehicle he was driving and fled westbound on University Avenue.

The victim described the suspect as a Hispanic or Polynesian male between 23 to 30 years
old. He is approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs around 170 pounds. He was wearing black clothing and a black hat. The suspect vehicle is a newer-model white Audi A4 sedan with no tint on the windows.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984.