Elk Grove Man Allegedly Grabs Woman Shopper, Arrested For Sexual Assault

November 24, 2016 |

An Elk Grove man was arrested after he allegedly grabbed a woman on an intimate area of her body.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 22 the female victim was shopping inside the Target store on the 7500 block of Laguna Boulevard when 56-year old Ibrahim Mohammed Akbar walked up behind her. Akbar then allegedly grabbed an intimate area of the victim's body over the outside of her clothing and began laughing.

The victim pushed Akbar away and bystanders assisted in restraining him until Elk Grove Police officers arrived. Akbar was placed in citizens arrested under penal code 243.4(E)(1), sexual battery, booked in the the county jail and has been released on bail.