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Grabbing and Groping Jogger Was ‘Abduction’

A woman who was accosted by defendant while she was jogging, and who testified that he body-slammed her, tried to remove her sports bra, groped her breast and attempted to pull her toward a river, provided evidence that defendant intended to abduct her; the Court of Appeals upholds defendant’s conviction under Va. Code § 18.2-48, ...