Crime & Safety

Runaway Groper Strikes on Opal Cliff Drive

A man groped a woman and took off on Monday evening.

The Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office is investigating a sexual battery incident from 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 1 in which a man approached a female jogger on the 3500 block of Opal Cliff Drive, groped her and fled on foot. 

The woman, 35, described the man as Hispanic, in his late-20s, 5-foot-3 and 145 pounds with short brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a dark baseball cap, khaki shirt, faded blue jeans and tennis shoes.  

Anyone with information on the incident, which occurred on the Santa Cruz-Capitola border, or the identity of the man, is encouraged to call the sheriff's office at 831-454-2311

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