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An elderly man accused ofgroping a womanon a popular Southern California hiking trail may have violated other women, and police are on the hunt for more victims.
Riverside Police Department said that 77-year-old Toai Pham was arrested and faces charges of sexual battery, per apost on social media.Pham was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center and later released on $5,000 bail.
The female hiker told police the man approached her in the early morning hourson Mount Rubidoux trail in Riversideon Monday March 9 andtouched her inappropriately without her consent.
The woman was not injured and reported the incident immediately to cops, according to thePress Enterprisereport.
During the investigation, cops discovered that Pham routinely hikes around the area in the morning hours and now police suspect Pham has done this before. “Detectives believe there may be additional victims who have not yet come forward,” Riverside police said in the post.
“If you have seen Toai Pham, or someone with a similar description approaching women around the area of Mt. Rubidoux, we encourage you to come forward.”
Commenters on the Riverside PD Facebook post noted that others have reportedly had similar experiences with Pham.
“People have been mentioning their encounters publicly on the Next Door app for a while,” one person wrote.
“It hasn’t happened to me. But I did read warnings there. Might be good to post this there as well and do a search there.”
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
