Crime & Safety

Police Arrest Man Suspected of Accosting Woman at Target

On Thursday afternoon, Target security and Dunwoody Police learned a man described as black, tall with a slim build, wearing jeans and a dark hooded sweatshirt had followed women around the store and grabbed their buttocks.

A suspect has been arrested after security cameras at the Perimeter Super Target caught a man accosting a woman, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

On Thursday afternoon, Target security and Dunwoody Police learned a man described as black, tall with a slim build, wearing jeans and a dark hooded sweatshirt had followed women around the store and grabbed their buttocks, according to Tim Fecht, Dunwoody Police spokesperson. 

One victim came forward, and police are asking for any other victims to contact Det. W. Blake Yeargin at 678-382-6916 or by email at william.yeargin@dunwoodyga.gov.

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