Dinwiddie man arrested for alleged sexual battery at Colonial Heights Walmart
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A 32-year-old Dinwiddie County man has been arrested and charged with attempted abduction and sexual battery after police said he assaulted multiple people at a Walmart in Colonial Heights. According to the Colonial Heights Police Department, on Aug. 28, a woman reported that she was at a Walmart located at 671 Southpark Boulevard with her daughter when an unknown man grabbed her daughter's neck and buttocks. The man could not be found by the officers. Around a month later, on Sept. 26, a second woman reported that, while inside of the Walmart, she was approached by a man who indicated that he had a knife, covered her months and slapped her buttocks. The woman was able to break free and the man left the store heading in an unknown direction. Around a month after the second incident, on Oct. 22, A Colonial Heights Sheriff's deputy saw a man matching the description of the suspect at the Colonial Heights Courthouse for an unrelated traffic offense. Colonial Heights Police detectives responded to the courthouse and arrested the man, identified as 32-year-old Abner Anderson Burke of the Ford area of Dinwiddie County, and charged him with attempted abduction, two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of assault and battery. Burke is being held at Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County without bond.
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A 32-year-old Dinwiddie County man has been arrested and charged with attempted abduction and sexual battery after police said he assaulted multiple people at a Walmart in Colonial Heights.
According to the Colonial Heights Police Department, on Aug. 28, a woman reported that she was at a Walmart located at 671 Southpark Boulevard with her daughter when an unknown man grabbed her daughter's neck and buttocks. The man could not be found by the officers.
Around a month later, on Sept. 26, a second woman reported that, while inside of the Walmart, she was approached by a man who indicated that he had a knife, covered her months and slapped her buttocks. The woman was able to break free and the man left the store heading in an unknown direction.
Around a month after the second incident, on Oct. 22, A Colonial Heights Sheriff's deputy saw a man matching the description of the suspect at the Colonial Heights Courthouse for an unrelated traffic offense.
Colonial Heights Police detectives responded to the courthouse and arrested the man, identified as 32-year-old Abner Anderson Burke of the Ford area of Dinwiddie County, and charged him with attempted abduction, two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of assault and battery.
Burke is being held at Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County without bond.
