A Griffith man has been charged with sexual battery after grabbing a woman’s breasts in a bicycle drive-by during a popular town festival.

Michael R. “Mad Mac” McInerney, 63, of Griffith, is facing two counts of sexual battery: victim compelled to submit by force or imminent threat of force, which is a Level 6 felony. His initial hearing on the matter is scheduled for December 19, according to court records.

A woman approached Griffith police officers at around 10:55 p.m. on August 28 during Griffith’s Rock n’ Rail fest and said a man on a bicycle sexually battered her twice, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Wednesday. The woman said she was walking toward the street between two food trucks in the 200 block of Broad Street when she saw the man riding by, records said.

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