UCLA graduate student arrested after series of gropings

A doctoral student is charged with sexual battery after grabbing multiple women on campus.

Over the weekend at UCLA, university police arrested a graduate student for sexual battery in connection with a series of gropings reported on campus last week, as well as other incidents earlier in the year.

Arrest made in connection with recent gropings

A 24-year-old doctoral candidate in chemistry and biochemistry was arrested Saturday after someone in his apartment building recognized him from police photos and tipped off authorities. The student, who is from Qinhuangdao, China, was booked on seven counts of battery and one count of sexual battery.

Last week, the suspect allegedly grabbed three different women's upper thighs as they passed him on or near the UCLA campus. Several of the victims reported having prior incidents with the man in the past several weeks, and one woman reported an issue with him in early March.