Teen Girl Groped Inside Pentagon City Business, Police Say

ARLINGTON, VA — A teenage girl was groped by a man inside a Pentagon City business on Monday, according to Arlington County police.

Officers responded to the 1100 block of South Hayes Street around 11 a.m. for a report of a sexual battery.

Police said the juvenile victim was inside a business when a man approached her from behind, grabbed her buttocks and fled.

Responding officers searched the area but did not locate the suspect.

The suspect is described as a Black man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts.

The investigation is ongoing.