A 15-year-old teenager was arrested on Friday, May 13, in Étampes (Essonne), for a series of alleged sexual assaults on underage girls committed in the heart of the city for several weeks, we learned this Tuesday from a police source, confirming information from the
Parisian
.
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It was a resident of a residential area in the north of the city, rue de la Dame d'Onze Heures, who allowed his arrest.
The latter was alerted by the cries of a young girl, probably the victim of an assault.
He then immediately left his home and, accompanied by a few neighbors, chased the young man until he caught up with him and neutralized him.
They then handed him over to the nearby gendarmerie.
The gendarmes themselves delivering the young man to the national police in stride.
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Since April, five sexual assaults had been recorded by police officers from the Étampes police station.
Facing the investigators, the young man quickly recognized the facts.
"
The profile of the victims was always the same, each time they were young girls
",
commissioner Eric Bouffet told the
Parisian .
