Authorities arrested a 34-year-old transient Sunday for the alleged sexual assault of a victim in the Crossroads Shopping Center the previous night.

The victim, a 45-year-old female resident of Albany, Calif., was sexually assaulted while using a pay phone at the shopping center at about 9:30 p.m.

“The victim was making a telephone call when the suspect approached and slid his hands down the rear of her pants,” Nevada County Sheriff’s Captain Gary Jacobson said.

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The victim and other witnesses gave officers a detailed description of the suspect, who fled the scene on foot, Jacobson said. At the time, officers were unable to locate the suspect.

The following morning however, during a follow-up investigation behind Albertson’s, an officer on foot made contact with an individual matching the suspect’s description.

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Miguel Gonzales, 34, was arrested on charges of allegedly resisting arrest, alleged public drunkenness, alleged battery of a peace officer, alleged possession of false documents and alleged sexual penetration with a foreign object.

Gonzales is being held in the Nevada County jail.