Madison police received reports of an incident of sexual assault at Target, which they said is likely related to a previous incident at West Towne Mall.
A father of a 12-year-old Madison girl said his daughter and her 12-year-old friend shopped at the retail store on Sept. 20 while a man followed them around the store. The victims said the man brushed against them several times, according to an incident report by Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.
The girls left the store with a group of customers to avoid the man.
The father of one of the girls told police he meant to report the situation, but forgot to do so until he heard about the West Towne Mall cases from earlier this month.
A 13-year-old girl said a man matching the same description groped her inside West Towne Mall Oct. 11. Victims in neither of the cases knew the man, who police describe as a white male in his 30s. The man has a thin build and a shaved head.
Police released surveillance images of the man sought in the two cases. They urge anyone with information to contact the Madison Area Crime Stoppers.
