WAREHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - A teen who allegedly pulled down a Wareham woman’s pants while she was walking with her baby Sunday has been charged with indecent assault and battery and accosting another person, police said.

Officers responding to the scene on 11th Street near Waban Avenue around 10:15 a.m. spoke with a woman who said the suspect approached her from behind and “physically accosted her” while she was walking down the street with her baby, according to police.

The suspect, later identified as a Wareham teen, allegedly pulled the mother’s pants down and ran away.

Several hours after asking for help finding the suspect, police said they interviewed the teen at his home and placed him into custody.

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