ATLANTA - A man with a long criminal history has been arrested in connection with two sexual assaults reported in Buckhead last week, including an attempted rape outside a Target store on Peachtree Road.

What we know:

Atlanta police said 28-year-old Torrin Mott was arrested Sept. 4 and booked into the Fulton County Jail. Investigators allege he attacked a 28-year-old woman outside the Target on Sept. 3, just minutes before the store opened. Surveillance footage captured the assault, which police said ended only after a good Samaritan intervened and pulled the suspect off the victim.

According to the victim, she noticed Mott before the attack and thought to herself, "I hope he doesn’t try anything." Moments later, she told investigators, he charged at her, tackled her, and attempted to

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