Milford police were called to a local workout facility after an employee reported being harassed by a man asking for a tour early Dec. 5.

The manager of Planet Fitness, 161 S. Milford Road, told police that, just before 2:30 a.m., he had been contacted by an employee who had locked herself in a closet after being followed around the gym by a man.

Officers arrived to find the woman, 20, in the women’s locker room. They noted the woman was visibly upset and appeared to have been crying.

The woman told police that a man, later identified as a 21-year old Detroit resident, had stopped in twice – first about 11 p.m. Dec. 4, then again about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 5. The man isn’t a member and asked for a tour of the facility.

Following company policy, the woman said prospective members can have a guided tour or look around for themselves, so she allowed the man to look around.

During the first encounter, the woman said the man was bothering her as she was trying to use the floor cleaning machine. She said she had told him to stop touching the machine, but he kept following her around. The man told her he was going to work with her, she said.

In a effort to defuse the situation, the woman said she offered to let the man use a hydro massage chair that is usually restricted to members. The man accepted, so the woman said she then went to clean the women’s locker room. The man was gone when she came out of the locker room.

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The woman told police she was cleaning in the men’s locker room when the man returned. He asked to use the massage chair again, she said, so she provided him with the needed tokens.

Then the man followed her into the men’s room while she was cleaning, so she asked if he needed to use a restroom in the women’s locker room. The woman told the man she would leave the locker room, but he began asking if she worked out and commented on her figure. She said the man got “really, really close” to her and was making her uncomfortable.

At that point, the woman said she went to the women’s locker room and locked herself in before calling her boss, who then called police.

The man had signed in on the Planet Fitness guest list, but had introduced himself to the woman by a different name. The officers noted the man had attempted to scratch out his name before leaving, but it was still legible. That allowed officers to identify him, including a photo, which the woman told police was the man who had been at the facility.

Contact LeAnne Rogers at lrogers@hometownlife.com or 734-883-9039. Follow her on Twitter: @LRogersObserver.