Andrew Quintana

Man Arrested for Touching Woman's Buttocks at Sawgrass Mills

Store surveillance footage showed Leo Pierre-Jerome walking behind the victim and pausing for two minutes before reaching out and touching her.

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  • A Sunrise man is facing battery charges after allegedly touching woman's buttocks at a Marshalls Sunday afternoon.
  • Store surveillance footage showed 32-year-old Leo Pierre-Jerome walking behind the victim and pausing for two minutes before reaching out an

A man is facing battery charges after allegedly touching woman's buttocks at a Marshalls in Sunrise Sunday afternoon.

The victim, a 68-year-old woman, says she was looking at dresses when a man touched her buttocks without permission and whispered in her ear in the store at Sawgrass Mills.

Store surveillance footage showed 32-year-old Leo Pierre-Jerome walking behind the victim and pausing for two minutes before reaching out and touching her.

Sunrise officers made contact with Pierre-Jerome at a food court and subsequently detained him. He was charged with battery on a person 65 or older.

Pierre-Jerome, of Tamarac, was given a $1,000 bond and told to have no contact with the victim. Attorney information wasn't available.

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