Lexington police are looking for a suspicious man who’s accused of trying to grab two teenage girls on two separate occasions at the Minuteman Bikeway while wearing a respirator mask.
Investigators said the disturbing incidents happened Sunday, July 26, and Monday, July 27 between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. by the Great Meadows area by the Lexington/Arlington line.
Man acting erratically
Police say the man was acting erratically, with no shoes or socks on when he advanced on the teens in the respirator mask, then ran away as other path users came.
“Shocking, shocking. In this day in age to know that something like that is happening that’s too bad,” who works off the trail. “It’s super friendly, it’s family oriented to know that can be happening to people it’s wrong.”
Riders, walkers, and skaters were wondering why police were stationed off the popular and historic trail passing through Bedford, Lexington, Arlington and Cambridge…