Man in custody after police say two people were attacked near Pines City Center

Pembroke Pines Police are searching for a man who attacked two people near the Pines City Center. (Courtesy: Pembroke Pines Police Department)

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Pembroke Pines Police say a man is in custody after two people were attacked near the Pines City Center.

Pembroke Pines police said on Wednesday that the man seen in the above pictures approached a woman from behind at the Arabelle apartment complex near 10700 City Center Blvd. last week and pulled on her waistband. The suspect was confronted and ran away.

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Hours later, police sent out another message saying that it’s believed that the same suspect committed a second battery in the same general area.

On Thursday afternoon, the department said it had located a suspect and safely placed him in custody.


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