Police in Palo Alto, CA say they are on the lookout for a man accused of groping another man in a department store restroom.
According to police, the suspect approached the victim while he was standing at a urinal in the men’s restroom of the Macy’s men’s department store last week.
The victim told police he was minding his own business when the suspect suddenly reached out and pinched his butt while he stood there midstream and powerless to do anything about it.
The suspect then peered over the urinal partition to sneak a peek at the victim’s tinkling tool.
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When the victim told the guy to cut it out, the suspect promptly left the restroom and was caught on surveillance tape exiting the store. He has been described as a Hispanic man in his 30s with a medium build.
Detectives say they are now looking into whether the incident could be linked to a similar case in which a man took a cellphone photo of a woman in a bathroom at local community center earlier in the week.
We’re going to go out on a limb and say the dude groping another dude in a bathroom probably isn’t the same guy snapping photos of women on the toilet. But, hey, what do we know?
h/t: Patch
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Harley
Is that still a thing? I thought bathroom cruising and park cruising went out with the birth of the internet. Tho I could be wrong, Larry Craig.
Poloboy50
Why is this news?
Isn’t this happening at any given moment in public restrooms across the nation?
Tackle
This has nothing to do with being gay. But everything to do with being a pervert.
enlightenone
@Tackle: “This has nothing to do with being gay. But everything to do with being a pervert.”
I agree 100%! That said, this guy doesn’t look nothing like Aaron Schock.
NoCagada
He’s probably married
DarSco
This STILL goes on in Macy’s on 34 st in New York and Gawd help you at the Port Authority in NYC.
CCTR
Is this an example of cruising etiquette gone awry? Department Store Restroom Cruising 101: Touch the cruisers that are not interested in you and they tell. Then again a butt pinching peeking perverted bandit victimizing people doesn’t surprise me.
vive
Does the police have nothing better to do than this?
Paco
It’s funny how bathroom cruisers look like bathroom cruisers. No one has the right to physically proposition another. I hope he gets caught.
jwtraveler
We know the world is full of men who do sexually inappropriate things. Most of the victims of these acts are women. Our society does far too little to protect women from sexual assault and punish the men responsible. Not only do we look the other way, we blame the women when the offender is a celebrity, athlete or any other man in a position of power or privilege. None of that excuses the actions of this “perv”, but it does put this minor incident in perspective.
DuMaurier
Public restroom experiences are LONG in the past for me, but no matter how young or drunk I was, I always knew you don’t do anything without unmistakeable permission. Because it’s wrong, yes; because it’s illegal, sure; but mainly because you could get the crap beaten out of you and everyone’s going to (rightfully) side with the other guy.
robho3
Not sure why this is news to anyone
Captain Obvious
Not buying it. The police in southern California only care about celebrities. They won’t do anything about this.
And something anyone with a penis should know: When someone grabs you from behind while you’re peeing, turn around, and pee on them. They’ll learn and you’ll be safe from them coming anywhere near you as they’re trying to get away from your stream.
I actually did this to two “bullies” many years ago, they never tried anything that dumb again. I loved hearing them cry about it and try to spin it but people were just saying “Why did you grab a guy while he was peeing in the first place?”.
You’re free to piss all over anyone who grabs you at the urinal.
NoCagada
@Captain Obvious: Uhm, precious…Palo Alto is NOT in “southern California” AND with as much pleasure as you get peeing on people, you should know there are websites for people like you.
Captain Obvious
@NoCagada: Wow you get mad quick, it’s not that serious, Booboo. Get your mental illness in check.
1898
This is one of several reasons why I tend to avoid urinals whenever possible… and public restrooms in general.
I am Gay (just like you), Black, HIV-Positive, and Back Bitches!!!
@NoCagada: Websites for people who get perused against their will while urinating at the urinal?
You should need a mental re-evaluation before the next time you decide to re-enter greater society again asshole! You should drink piss!
jockjack5
Gay anonymous sex?
Hmm?
Seems to be alive and well here in South Carolina. I travel a lot on I-26 between Greenville and Columbia and I can’t tell you the number of times I have stumbled onto guys in the rest areas giving blow jobs.
It’s an interesting cultural phenomena that has existed for centuries and probably always will, despite Grindr and Manhunt.
Clark35
What a creepy guy.
captainburrito
“while he stood there midstream and powerless to do anything about it.”
Hardly powerless, harness the power of pee and pee all over him.