KPD: Knoxville Man Charged after Sexually Assaulting Woman at Market Square Parking Garage

Knoxville police said the incident happened Friday afternoon in a bathroom at the Market Square Parking Garage. Demetricus Hurst, 30 (Courtesy: East TN Valley Crimestoppers)

KPD: Knoxville Man Charged after Sexually Assaulting Woman at Market Square Parking Garage

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is charged following an investigation into a sexual assault at the Market Square Parking Garage.

Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded to the parking garage at 406 Walnut Street around 2:00 p.m. Friday after a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted by a man in a bathroom at the parking garage.

KPD says the suspect, 30-year-old Demetricus Hurst, confessed Monday afternoon to sexually assaulting the victim after security camera photos of him were shared by East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.

He is charged with rape, aggravated kidnapping and sexual battery and has been booked into the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility.