Toms River Police credit social media for helping them to identify and arrest a man charged with inappropriately touching a female employee at an Ocean County Mall store.

Anthony Proto
Anthony Proto (Toms River Police)
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Anthony Proto, 68, of Lakewood was arrested on Tuesday several hours after his picture was made public. He was charged by police with criminal sexual contact and is being held in the Ocean County Jail on $10,000 bail.

Police say Proto entered the unnamed store and struck up a conversation with the 18-year-old woman, who was working alone.  He then cornered the woman and, according to police, forced himself on the woman by putting his arm around her and pulling her close while kissing her and grabbing her breast according to police. He pulled her in even closer when she tried to get away.

 

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