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UPDATE: Police arrest man for indecent assault in Oakland

Pittsburgh police have arrested an Apollo man on charges of indecent assault.

Police now have Rosendo Homelio Perez-Scott, 33, in custody on charges that he inappropriately touched a female Pitt student Tuesday afternoon around 1 p.m. In addition to indecent assault, Perez-Scott faces several charges, including criminal trespass and harassment.

 According to police, Perez-Scott had assisted the student with carrying a heavy box into her residence on the 300 block of McKee Place, near Pitt’s campus. Once Scott was inside the woman’s apartment, police said, he assaulted her by touching her inappropriately.

Editor’s Note: This story is an update of an Aug. 5 story.