Man flees after alleged inappropriate touching at gas station, Phoenix AZ


A security guard at a gas station reported a man for allegedly touching a female inappropriately in the bathroom. The man fled on foot when police tried to contact him, causing officers to pursue him through nearby neighborhoods and set up a perimeter to catch him.
Audio|Source: Phoenix Police Dispatch A - Cactus Park
04:24
Transcript:
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624. Can I get it back up, 28th driving cactus, Northbound blackmail, gray shirt, black shorts, and a red hat? Just got flag down in QT saying that he was touching somebody inappropriately in the bathroom.
00:09
They were in the area.
00:11
All right. Okay, nine in the street from a quick.
00:13
24 running northbound, approaching Larkspur, blackmail, skinny, 5-4, gray shirt.
00:21
He's running westbound just south of Larkspur going into the houses.
00:23
Southbound in the alleyway towards Cactus.
00:26
Can we get a perimeter set up, please?
00:27
931-0-4-17.
00:28
Thank you, George.
00:29
He, check Marines.
00:30
Thank you. Thank you for Roaches.
00:31
I've seen in the alley west of 28th Drive and Cactus, running back southbound towards Cactus Road.
00:42
Taking a perimeter slot 29th Avenue on Larkspur.
00:44
I was flagged down at QT reference to 260 John[1] Possible, pointed out this individually started running.
00:49
Blackmail, Skinny, 5,5, gray shirt, black, shorts, red hat.
00:53
Jim 6.25 will be 23 on Cactus.
00:55
25 will be 17 with Thrones.
00:57
Mr. Mr. Mark, Union, can you get down to 28th Drive in Cactus? We'll two points distance so we can get some more units, please.
01:02
We're in the alley just west of 2.8 at Cactus.
01:06
We'll set up here.
01:07
Copy 625, if that's you, can you take 28th drive in Cactus, please? I've got 29th Avenue in Larkspur, we have it two-pointed.
01:13
Again, I was flagged down at quick trip, 28th drive in Cactus, reference of possible 260 John[1].
01:18
He was pointed out that he was possibly touching an underage female in the bathroom or something.
01:22
931 O's, we'll take 2.8 in Cactus for Marketer, number 23.
01:25
George, what's the last direction that you saw in that last area? Is it Larkspur the furthest north?
01:31
285 between Larkspur and Cactus, there's an alleyway.
01:34
He jumped westbound into that.
01:35
And last I can see he was pushing southbound in that alleyway.
01:38
Cool 93. Call 93.
01:41
Did this incident just occur?
01:43
Inforcer, I was on a traffic stop.
01:44
The security guard ran out to me and told me this individual is possibly inappropriately touching a female in the store.
01:50
I attempted to contact him.
01:51
He started running.
01:52
Do we have that female? We can contact her, get more information and see if it actually was committed.
01:56
If we can set the perimeter, he did take off for me so at a minimum we have resisting arrest.
02:01
It was a lawful detention and then we can get somebody out a quick trip to contact him or if dispatch can call him.
02:06
Yeah, let's make sure we can attempt to get a hold of her because we don't have much information about that.
02:11
Thank you.
02:12
All right, so do you want to know.
02:13
What color hat was SP wearing?
02:14
Red hat.
02:15
10-4[2]-18-or-28 drive there is a red hat just in the alley here so he probably continued
02:22
somewhere through the alley here but we don't have eyes on him at this point copy you probably continue if I can get one more units to 28th drive in Larkspur and then we should have his four pointed in 28th drive and on castles too please
02:36
and if you think do we get work from there you know
02:38
I don't have any word for my unit.
02:40
Looks like they're down.
02:41
930,000, can you just monitor the stack for any 647 calls in the neighborhood just west of this alley here?
02:46
930, George, I see if we get a unit to about 31st Avenue, around 30th, 31st Avenue and charter.
02:52
It's like that's the neighborhood just west.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
260 John: Possible Sex Crime (Sexual Offense)
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Copy
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Location mentioned:
Near N 28th Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85029
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