'I was so mad': Grandmother’s front porch assault caught on camera
Jan Fletcher's typical front porch clean-up turned into her being assaulted by a young man on a bike, and it was all caught on video.
“I hate to see these young people out here doing crimes, it's sad, but I really hope he's caught,” said Fletcher.
After asking if the 78-year-old was alone at her Kentucky home and asking for directions to the well-known neighborhood park, the situation grew more disturbing. The young man got handsy, acting like he's dusting something off of her backside, but then groped her, repeatedly and violently, until an uncomfortable Fletcher stops him.
“Go on,” she yells in the video.
“I was so mad that it happened,” said Fletcher. “I was thinking, 'what could I have done different?' But I don't know what I could have done differently.”
Loved ones tell Fletcher not to blame herself. Still her granddaughter, Jessica Powell-Page, is sickened that someone violated the matriarch of her family.
“For anybody, but for an older woman, she didn't deserve that,” she said. "Whatever the reason is it's beyond unacceptable.”
Fletcher affirms that 55 years of living and feeling safe in her neighborhood will not be tarnished by one situation. She has this stern message for that individual.
“I've been asked if I'm afraid to sit here on my porch and I’m not,” she said. “I want him to know you're not scaring me. Absolutely not. So every day that it's nice weather, I will be on my porch.”
Louisville police is investigating the incident, and so far, have not identified the individual or made an arrest.