Police in two Twin Cities suburbs are working together to determine whether the same man is responsible for several incidents of groping and assaulting females in recent weeks.
Roseville Deputy Police Chief Joe Adams said the man groped juvenile and adult females at two retail locations on Aug. 20 before he got in a white Toyota sedan and left.
Roseville police have yet to disclose details about the incidents, including how many have been reported and where they occurred. Also, no specific description has been released of the man they hope to apprehend.
Adams added that police believe "this suspect may have engaged in additional crimes throughout the metro."
The deputy chief did not say which communities also may have incidents tied to this suspect, but Minnetonka police spokesman Andrew Wittenborg said Tuesday that his department "has been in contact with Roseville police, and we have exchanged information."
Wittenborg said there were two assaults on Aug. 20 that Minnetonka police are looking at as possibly connected to the incidents in Roseville. According to a police statement and records:
The first encounter occurred in the 15100 block of Wayzata Boulevard near Carlson Parkway, where a woman reported being approached by a man in the driveway of her home shortly before 6 a.m.
She said the man, who smelled of alcohol, grabbed her around the neck, pointed a handgun at her and threatened to kill her if she didn't go back in the house. He fled after the woman told him her husband was in the house.
