JBLM soldier arrested in downtown Seattle for groping, hot dog assault

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier found himself in jail after some late-night groping and hot dog throwing Sunday evening in a downtown parking garage.

A security guard reportedly saw the soldier grope four different women in the garage and tried to put a stop to it.

“The suspect got verbally abusive, attempted to swing at [the security guard] with his fist and he missed,” described SPD detective Jeff Kappel.

Kappel said the soldier then threw the hot dog he had been holding at the security guard and shoved him.

The security guard called police, and they nabbed the shirtless soldier after a brief foot chase.

Witnesses said the man had already been kicked out of a nearby club for groping after downing tequila, rum and sleeping pills.