Rockland police search for man accused of grabbing woman walking in woods

The woman told police she was walking her dog in the Rockland Town Forest when she ran into the man, who made inappropriate comments and “aggressively” grabbed her arm.

A woman says she was grabbed by a man while she was walking her dog in the Rockland Town Forest on Wednesday.

Rockland police said the woman said she was walking in the forest on North Avenue, by the Abington town line, when she first ran into the man. She reported that he made inappropriate comments and that when she tried to walk away, he “aggressively” grabbed her arm.

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