Report: Rock Hill man grabbed teenage girl shopping on Thanksgiving

A man was charged with assault and battery after grabbing a teenage girl in the Rock Hill Galleria on Thanksgiving, according to Rock Hill Police.

Tyrecus Donte Brice, 35, of Rock Hill, was charged with second-degree assault and battery and placed in the Rock Hill city jail, where he was released Friday under $25,000 bond, according to jail records.

The incident happened about 11 p.m. Thursday at the Rock Hill Galleria, according to a police report. The 15-year-old victim was walking past a store in the mall when a man walked up behind her, grabbed her buttocks and said “Oh, you’re young but you can still have my number.”

The suspect, who was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with airbrush artwork on the back, walked off, police said. The victim, who was shopping with her aunt, took a picture of him as he walked away with two other men.

Officers found the suspect, Brice, in another store in the mall and charged him, the report states.

This story was originally published December 1, 2015 at 12:27 PM with the headline "Report: Rock Hill man grabbed teenage girl shopping on Thanksgiving."