Man arrested in connection with Southie indecent assault and batteries

REPORTER: THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRAIGNED HERE IN SOUTH BOSTON. THIS HOUR, HE’S BEING HELD ON $10,000 CASH BAIL. THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE IS 32 YEARS OLD. DEREK LESLIE HE WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON A WARRANT FOR ONE COUNT OF INDECENT ALL THE ASSAULT AND BATTERY. BOSTON ISSUED A COMMUNITY ALERTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF THE EAST BROADWAY STREET. IN COURT, WE LEARNED THAT THE CASE DATES BACK TO JUNE WHEN A WOMAN IN SOUTH BOSTON SAID SHE WAS ACCOSTED AND GROPED BY A MAN. THIS PAST FRIDAY, SHE SAYS SHE SAW HIM AGAIN. HERE NOW IS THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY TELLING THE JUDGE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> SHE SAYS SHE SEES THIS INDIVIDUAL WALKING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. BASED UPON HER OBSERVATION, SHE THOUGHT HE INAPPROPRIATELY GRABBED ANOTHER WOMAN. AT THIS POINT HE’S WALKING TOWARDS HER, SHE PULLED OUT HER PHONE AND TOOK A VIDEO OF THE INDIVIDUAL. REPORTER: OF THE VICTIM OF THE JUNE…

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