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Mother Attacked In Cottage Grove Park While Walking Child

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A woman was groped and pulled to the ground while she was taking her child for a walk in a stroller in a Cottage Grove park.

The woman told police that she was walking in Hamlet Park around 10 a.m. Monday when a man grabbed her from behind, covered her face and pulled her to the ground.

The man then "groped her crotch area above the clothes," according to a crime alert from the Cottage Grove Police.

She was unable to look at his face as he ran away, but described him as a stocky male in a reddish yellow jacket wearing black leather gloves.

Officers searched the area after the woman, who did not have a cell phone, reported the incident around 11 a.m.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Cottage Police Department at 651-439-9381.

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