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Minnetonka police seek suspect in Sunday morning assaults

Minnetonka police seek suspect in weekend assaults
Minnetonka police seek suspect in weekend assaults 00:30

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Minnetonka police are asking the public if they saw anything suspicious Sunday near where two women were assaulted.

Police said just before 6 a.m., a woman said a man grabbed her around her neck in her driveway in the 15000 block of Wayzata Boulevard. He allegedly had a weapon and ran off toward Interstate 394.

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Two hours later, on the Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail near the 12000 block of Minnetonka Boulevard, a woman said a man grabbed her shoulder, exposed himself and then walked west on the trail.

Police said the incidents were likely connected, because both victims provided similar suspect descriptions.

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