A Pembroke Pines man is accused of inappropriately touching at least four women who were walking or running in a Cooper City neighborhood over the last three months.

Kenneth Anthony Lopez, 20, was arrested Tuesday and faces five counts of simple battery.

The Broward Sheriff's Office began receiving reports in December from women who said that an unidentified assailant inappropriately grabbed or slapped them while they were running or walking in the Rock Creek subdivision, said Dani Moschella, a spokeswoman for the agency.

Detectives were in the area Tuesday night conducting an investigation to try to catch the assailant when a woman called 911 to say a stranger had touched her, Moschella said. The woman said that while she was walking on Stonebridge Parkway, a man walked up behind her and grabbed her left buttock.

The report was similar to others the Sheriff's Office had received from three other women in the same area. Those incidents happened in December, January, February and March, the agency said.

Deputies soon located Lopez, who admitted to touching the woman, Moschella said. Lopez is jailed on a $5,000 bond, records show.

Authorities urge anyone who thinks he or she might have been a victim of Lopez to call Detective Chad Strachan at 954-435-2200.

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