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Police arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of grabbing a woman's buttocks in front of her father, an off-duty Akron police officer.

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AKRON, Ohio -- An off-duty Akron police officer tracked down a 15-year-old boy who is accused of grabbing his daughter's buttocks as the teen rode past her on a bike.

The Coventry Township boy, an eighth-grader, is charged with sexual imposition, a misdemeanor, in Summit County Juvenile Court.

The officer and his 26-year-old daughter were walking about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday on the Towpath Trail behind Canal Park baseball stadium. The two were going to dinner, police said.

The boy rode by the two on his bike with a friend. The boy veered toward the woman, grabbed her buttocks and kept riding, police said.

The off-duty officer called an on-duty officer patrolling downtown Akron. The officer found the two teens riding north on the Towpath behind the FirstEnergy building, police reports say.

The off-duty officer identified the boy as the one who had grabbed his daughter and arrested him.

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