Calgary police seek suspect in groping during downtown e-scooter rental

The Calgary Police Service has released surveillance images of a man who allegedly groped a woman near a downtown CTrain station earlier this month.

Police officials say the victim was in the process of renting an e-scooter shortly after 11 p.m. on June 7 at the Eighth Street LRT station, located in the 900 block of Seventh Avenue S.W., when she was approached by an unknown man.

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According to police, the suspect grabbed the woman from behind and “proceeded to touch her in a sexual manner without consent.”

Investigators have secured surveillance video from CTrain cameras and have released the images of the suspect.

He is described as:

• Being between 20 and 25 years old;
• Approximately 178 centimetres (five-feet-10-inches) tall;
• Having a medium build;
• Having black hair and brown eyes;
• Having a short black beard;
• Wearing dark framed glasses;
• Wearing a black hoodie with a large white logo resembling the Las Vegas Raiders logo on the back; and
• Wearing black track paints with vertical white stripes.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect is asked to contact the CPS non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or anonymous tips may be submitted to Crime Stoppers.