UPDATE: Police Arrest Man For Indecent Assault in Frick Park

Published on September 23, 2024

Date: September 23, 2024
Incident Type: Arrest
Location: Zone 4
Summary:

UPDATE: A search warrant of the arrestee's phone revealed evidence of several more unwitting victims of Isaiah Rivers (pictured below), particularly in the Falls Ravine Trail area of Frick Park.

If you have any information about additional crimes committed by Rivers, or believe you might have might have been victimized by him, please call Zone 4 plainclothes detectives at (412) 422-6520.

Original post:

At approximately 5:15 p.m. on September 22, 2024, Pittsburgh Police responded to a report from a woman who told them she had been running on Tranquil Trail in Frick Park when a man in his 20s approached her from behind saying she had something liquid on her clothing. He then proceeded to fondle her. She got away from him and called the police.  

Shortly thereafter, officers received another report of lewd conduct by a man matching the same description inside the Frick Park Lawn Bowl. The caller said he was masturbating and recording himself on his phone before he turned the screen to film her.

A third person later reported that a man wearing a red hoodie had been following women around the park and was now sitting on a bench on Tranquil Trail.

Police arrived in the area and made contact with the male who was positively identified by the first victim as the person who followed and assaulted her.

Following consultation with the District Attorney's Office, the male was placed in custody.

His phone was retrieved for evidence, as was the victim's clothing. 

Isaiah Rivers, 19, of Penn Hills is charged with Indecent Assault, Indecent Exposure, Harassment, and Open Lewdness.

He was transported to the Allegheny County Jail.

Reporting PIO: Cara Cruz

2024-09-23
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov