A 21-year-old University of Georgia student reported she was working at an apparel shop downtown Tuesday evening when a man made her uncomfortable with a sexual comment, Athens-Clarke County police said.
The 32-year-old man was known to employees at the store on East Clayton Street because he frequently goes in there, but a police report did not indicate if the man ever buys anything. He is someone who has gone through the legal system as a mental health consumer, according to Clarke County Superior Court documents.
According to the UGA student, the man got close to her and said, he was “not going to ask her to have sex,” then showed her a piece of paper on which there was some scribbling and pointed to the word “rape” before leaving the store.
Officers looked around downtown for the man, but were unable to locate him, police said.