Overview
- The woman, working a public photo booth at South Hills Village Mall, reported the man touched her arm and chest and grabbed her breasts while she posed for families.
- Upper Saint Clair police reviewed mall cameras and spoke with witnesses, then found the suspect sleeping in the adjacent AMC theater.
- Officers identified him as 36-year-old Bera Shivakrishna using a New Jersey driver's license and arrested him on an indecent assault charge.
- According to the complaint, he told police he thought the costumed character was a doll and said his hand touched her by mistake.
- Local reports note harassment was also listed among the counts and say it was not clear whether he had a lawyer or had entered a plea yet.