Police Seek Skirt-Lifting Mystery Man

(Berkeley, California) Police are searching for a man believed to be responsible for accosting women near the UC Berkeley campus and lifting their skirts. Eleven such incidents have been documented thus far, including an occurrence from last year that was belatedly reported this week.

The woman was accosted between 1 and 2 a.m. Oct. 31 on Piedmont Avenue near Dwight Way, but initially thought she was the victim of a drunken prank, Frankel said. She was walking from a fraternity party with another woman, who was wearing a knee-length coat and was not victimized, Frankel said.

All the sexual batteries have happened south of campus since October. One woman was victimized twice, months apart. Most of the women were walking home from weekend fraternity or sorority parties between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., police said.

The suspect is described as 20-ish or 30-ish, medium build, 5' 10" with short dark hair.

Tips are sought by Berkeley and UC Berkeley Police Departments.