Is Groping the New Stabbing?

Just last week, Seattlest reported to you that there seemed to be an alarming number of stabbings in Seattle, judging by local news reports. While we haven't noticed many stabbing-related stories this week, it appears there is a new crime du jour in the headlines: serial anonymous groping. We've already written about south Seattle's serial groper twice this week. With yesterday's arrest of a suspect in the south Seattle attacks, we were hoping to see 100% fewer headlines about anonymous groping assaults. No such luck. Our nightly perusal of local news websites found this headline on KOMO 4: "Police seek public's help in nailing Puyallup groper." The headline was located directly underneath the story regarding the arrest of Darin Boler, Seattle's suspected serial groper.

So apparently, Beacon Hill isn't the only area being terrorized by a serial groper. Police in Puyallup believe one man is responsible for six sexually motivated assaults against area women since September. During the assaults, the suspect approaches his victim, grabs their buttocks or genitals, and then runs away. Police describe the suspect as:

A white male, in his early 20s and 5 feet 7 to 6 feet 1. He has a short, military-style haircut and possibly a thin mustache. He usually wears dark pants or jeans and a dark-colored hoodie with the hood up.

Unfortunately, we believe the verbal description of the suspect may be more helpful than the sketch of the suspect released by the Puyallup police. Is it just us, or is that the least clear police sketch ever? Does the suspect not have a forehead?

Sketch of the Puyallup groper courtesy of the Puyallup police department