EASTVALE (CNS) - A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly groping a woman at the Eastvale Gateway Shopping Center parking lot, authorities said today.
Michael Marende of Eastvale was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of sexual battery, sheriff's officials said.
According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the victim told the deputies on Wednesday that she was followed and then groped as she was walking in the parking lot. Camera surveillance footage and a matching description given by the woman allowed deputies to identify the suspect after he fled from the scene, sheriff's officials said.
On Thursday night, deputies responded to a call about a man loitering in the shopping center who matched Marende's description. He was apprehended as he tried to flee from deputies, according to sheriff's officials.
He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
Anyone with information was urged to contact Investigator Komins at the Jurupa Valley Sheriff's Station at 951-955-2629.
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