Crime & Safety

Man Wearing 'Rub Me For Luck' Shirt Arrested After Groping Girl

The man allegedly touched a 6-year-old girl's buttocks while her family was shopping at Target.

A 49-year-old man was recently arrested after he was allegedly caught groping a young girl in Target, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said today.

Glenn Albrecht has been charged with commiting a lewd act with a child, and he is expected to be arraigned in court on Friday.

According to the district attorney's office, a 6-year-old girl was shopping with her family on Aug. 26 at the Target store in San Bruno when she wandered off by herself into another aisle.

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Albrecht allegedly then touched the girl's buttocks before leaving the store.

The girl told her father what happened, the district attorney's office said, and he found Albrecht—who was wearing a T-shirt that read, "Rub Me For Luck"—and hit him.

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Target security then detained Albrecht, and he was arrested.

After a search at his home, police found a life-sized doll of a female child.


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