ALTOONA, Iowa —

An Altoona man is accused of groping at least four different women as they shopped at metro-area Target stores.

Court records show Amado Chavez-Aguilar, 23, is charged with assault in three separate incidents from Sept. 14 to Oct. 4.

A criminal complaint shows the first incident happened on Sept. 14 at the Ankeny Target store at 2135 SE Delaware Ave. Police wrote in the complaint that Chavez-Aguilar squirted lotion on the victim's buttocks when she was not looking and wiped it off without her consent. The incident was captured on store security cameras.

A second incident happened on Oct. 3 at the Altoona Target store at 3414 8th St. SW. A criminal complaint says Chavez-Aguilar told the victim she had something on the back of her pants and asked if he could get it off. S

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