Suspect Cited, Released in Inappropriate Contact Incidents

TYLER � Tyler police have cited a man allegedly responsible for two incidents of inappropriate contact. According to a news release, �Thanks to the media and public the Tyler Police Department received numerous tips on the identity of the suspect wanted in connection to assault by contact of a female victim at Wal-Mart on Troup Highway. Investigators also determined that he was also responsible for the incident at Target.� Police identify the suspect as Chaz Aaron Sansone, 24, of Jacksonville. Officials say Sansone was found, issued two citations for Class C assault, and released.

Sansone allegedly grabbed the buttocks of a female shopper inside the Wal-Mart on Troup Hwy. and Target on S. Broadway. According to police, on Tuesday, October 22, around 6:00 p.m., security video obtained from Wal-Mart shows the suspect acting suspicious and following the victim throughout the store before he touched her inappropriately. On Wednesday, October 23, around 8:40 p.m. a woman reported to police that a male suspect had grabbed her buttocks while she was shopping inside Target on South Broadway.