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Uploaded: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11:46 AM
Man accused of groping 14-year-old girl arraigned
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Prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against a 66-year-old man accused of groping a 14-year-old girl in a park in Danville last week, according to Danville police Lt. Jeff Moule.
Natesan Arumugam, an Indian national who was visiting relatives in Danville, is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez on charges of lewd and lascivious acts on a child and sexual battery, according to court records.
The alleged assault happened at about 8:30 p.m. on July 14, Moule said.
The victim was walking past the tennis courts in Diablo Vista Park when a man, later identified as Arumugam, allegedly grabbed her and touched her chest.
The girl broke free and ran to a family car while the man fled into a wooded area.
Police canvassed the neighborhood and, based on tips from neighbors, officers arrested Arumugam on Friday.
Arumugam remained in custody today on a no-bail immigration hold, according to county jail records. Bail for the two misdemeanor charges was
set at $25,000.
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Posted by Ann singer, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jul 21, 2011 at 11:51 am A very unfortunate incident for the young lady. However---maybe WE need to be "sensitive" to the "cultural differences" of the poor poor accused man! Maybe he thought he was just being "diverse" in his greeting!
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Posted by Dave , a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jul 21, 2011 at 11:56 am Glad this guy is arrested BUT I hope agencies check him out to see if the culprit was imported by his family here and tossed on out government services as my neighbor just did for her no -citizen mom from India.
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