Nitro police said an elderly North Carolina man faces a charge after he groped a woman at Walmart at Nitro Marketplace.

Herman Lee Duggins, 77, of Rural Hall, N.C., is charged with first-degree sexual abuse after an incident that occurred Tuesday, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.

The complaint said the woman told police she was in the cologne aisle of the store on the general merchandise side when an older white male approached her and began speaking to her about her infant child she had in her shopping cart.

During the conversation, she said, the man moved closer to her and touched her in the buttocks area. She told police she repeatedly told him to stop and backed away, and the man walked away from her. A few moments later, he approached her and began inappropriately touching her, the complaint said. The woman said she began yelling at the man, told him to stop touching her and to leave her alone.

The woman said the man walked away, but as he left he said, "I'll see you later."

After the incident, the woman said she called 911 and also met with Walmart loss prevention employees, who were able to provide surveillance video that showed the incident and the suspect's vehicle. Police said a vehicle matching the description was found at Mardi Gras Casino and Resort. An officer said he went inside and approached a man who matched the description of the suspect. Police said the man identified himself as Duggins, and the officer asked why he was there and Duggins said he had "made a mistake."

Duggins was arrested and was taken to the Nitro Police Department for processing. The complaint said he told police he was in West Virginia to go to the casino with his wife. He said he went to Walmart while his wife was resting at the hotel and said that he talked to the alleged victim, who he said he thought was pretty, and acknowledged that he had touched her and walked back and did it again "to make a mistake."

Duggins is currently being held at the South Central Regional Jail on a $50,000 cash only bond.