KENT, Wash. – Kent police have arrested a man suspected of being half-naked and grabbing a teenage student on a bike trail last week.
Police say the man in his 20s was arrested on Saturday and is incarcerated pending review and charges by the King County Prosecutor's Office for Child Molestation and Indecent Liberties.
The assault happened around 7 a.m. Wednesday as the girl was walking to Kent-Meridian High School. The victim said the man jumped out from behind a bush and grabbed her. She broke free and went directly to the school to report it.
Kent detectives say other teens have now come forward to report bizarre encounters with a man exposing himself in the same wooded area.
Police say the suspect had been seen in various stages of nudity on or near the trail by several witnesses since August of 2009.
