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# Police: Man arrested after grabbing woman on Telegraph
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/05/uc-berkeley-crime/man-arrested-grabbing-woman-telegraph-berkeley/
- Published: 2025-11-05T00:52:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-05T00:52:51.000Z
- Description: According to Berkeley police, Matthew Blair walked up behind the woman, "touched her bottom" and smiled before running off.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: UC Berkeley, Southside, BPD, Sex crimes, Crime, Arrests, #articles

Police arrested a man who grabbed a woman's buttocks Tuesday morning on Telegraph Avenue before trying to flee the scene, authorities report.

According to [Berkeley police](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/berkeley-police-department/), Matthew Blair walked up behind the woman, "touched her bottom" and smiled before running off.

He was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery by restraint, which is listed as a misdemeanor, according to booking records.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/11/Matthew-Blair-25-50574.jpg) 

#### Matthew Blair. **BPD*

The sexual battery happened in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue south of Channing Way shortly before 11 a.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.

Authorities said the victim was a Berkeley woman in her 20s and described 41-year-old Blair as unhoused.

As of publication time, he remained in custody at Berkeley Jail with a bail of $15,000, according to booking records.

He is scheduled for arraignment Thursday.

No other information was immediately available.

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