Federal Way police officers arrested a 37-year-old SeaTac man on Saturday for fondling two girls’ breasts while at Wild Waves Theme Park.
Strangers to each other, an 11-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl reported fondling at 5 p.m. that day.
Wild Waves security called police to arrest the man.
The younger girl told police she saw the man swimming underwater in front of her — the water was up to her neck — when he grabbed her breast over her bathing suit.
“I have never seen this man before,” the victim told the officer, according to the police report. “I felt very alarmed in how he grabbed me.”
The 15-year-old told police she was with her boyfriend at Wild Waves, having a good time, when she suddenly felt someone squeeze her breast.
“I knew it wasn’t an accident because his hand went under my bathing suit and he grabbed it for a few minutes [sic] and I saw that he was doing it to other young girls as well,” the victim stated. “I felt very violated and I felt very uncomfortable around him.”
Both girls said the assaults occurred in the wave pool.
Once the man was arrested, the police report states his family members walked up to ask about his arrest. They told the officers the man’s native language was Bengali and an officer called on an interpreter.
However, the suspect did not understand the translator when he read him his Miranda Rights. After at least three tries, the officers went forward with the arrest. According to the police report, the officer transporting him did not ask any questions or speak to the man as he was taken to SCORE jail.
The man was released from jail on Monday but is expected to return to court on Wednesday. He’s likely to face charges of indecent liberties with a minor, a felony.