Monroe Township police are investigating a report that a man may have inappropriately touched a female juvenile at a drug store on Applegarth Road Wednesday evening.
Monroe Township police are investigating a witnesses report that a young girl was inappropriately touched by a man at the CVS on Applegarth Road Wednesday evening. The mother and girl left before police arrived. MONROE -- Monroe Township police are investigating a report that a man may have inappropriately touched a female juvenile at a drug store on Applegarth Road Wednesday evening.
Police are asking a mother and daughter who may have been at the CVS on Applegarth Road between 6 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, to contact the Detective Bureau at 732-521-0222.
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Police said a witness observed a man inappropriately touch the girl who was standing in the cosmetic aisle.
The suspect is described as a heavy set male, in his early 20's, with red hair, about 6-feet-tall, wearing glasses, tan pants, brown shoes, a brown polo style shirt and a blue hooded jacket.
Authorities said the unidentified male, the juvenile, and the juvenile's mother left the store prior to police arriving. Police do not know if the mother is aware of the incident, according to a press release issued Thursday by the department.
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