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Police are investigating a case that occurred last night near downtown Palo Alto, where an unknown suspect sexually battered a female pedestrian before fleeing on foot. The victim was not physically injured. On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at about 9:32 p.m., a woman in her forties flagged down a passing police car on Bryant Street at Forest Avenue to report that she had just been sexually battered by an unknown suspect nearby. The victim...

Police arrested a man on Sunday for exposing himself to two separate women. On Sunday, October 1, 2023, at about 4:33 p.m., our 24-hour dispatch center received a call reporting an indecent exposure that had occurred around 2:30 p.m. on the bike path adjacent to the railroad tracks between Embarcadero Road and Encina Avenue. The victim, a woman in her twenties, reported that she had been walking when a man approached her from behind and grabbed...

Police arrested a man in downtown Palo Alto last night for strong-arm robbery and returned the stolen property to the victim. On Monday, October 2, 2023, at about 9:15 p.m., our 24-hour dispatch center received a call from a man in his thirties reporting that he had been robbed on Alma Street at Lytton Avenue. The victim reported that the suspect, whom he had just met while riding the Caltrain north from San Jose and getting off in Palo Alto,...