INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is accused of sexual battery after police say he groped two women on the Monon Trail.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the groping incident happened Monday afternoon along the North College Avenue section of the trail, just south of the White River and North of Broad Ripple.
Based on the description provided by one of the victims, they found the man in the area. Police say he grabbed one woman’s rear end and smacked another.
Broad Ripple resident Valerie Yoder said this incident, though not uncommon, is still disappointing. “It’s disappointing, and unfortunately, it’s happening everywhere. In this city, neighborhood, and elsewhere,” she said.
Mary Beth Rago, another Broad Ripple resident, shared Yoder’s disappointment.
“I’m disappointed, but I believe it happens everywhere, and you just have to keep being aware and always know that if something did come up at the moment, where’s the first place you’re going to go,” she said.