UCLA police arrest suspect in sexual battery case

WESTWOOD, Calif. (CNS/FOX 11) - A 54-year-old suspect in a sexual battery on the UCLA campus was arrested Wednesday night.

The crime occurred about 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to the UCLA Police Department.

Babak Rahimzadeh allegedly approached the victim near the third-floor restroom of the Public Affairs Building, asked for directions, then grabbed her and sexually battered her, police said.

Police called Rahimzadeh and requested he come to police headquarters and he was arrested about 7 p.m., campus police Lt. Mark Littlestone told the Daily Bruin, the campus newspaper.

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