‘It gives me the creeps:’ Gwinnett man arrested for second time in months after groping women

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County man is in jail for the second time since July for allegedly groping women after telling them that spiders were on them.

Miles Couch, 29, appeared before a judge Thursday morning but remains in jail without bond facing multiple counts of sexual battery and elder abuse.

“It gives me the creeps just thinking about it again,” said one 76-year-old victim who asked not to be identified.

She says she was inside the Goodwill store on Pleasant Hill Road in August when Couch used the same trick he’s accused of using before groping all of his alleged victims.

“He said, ‘It looks like it’s a spider and it’s on your bottom,’” she said. “He said, ‘Here, let me get it.’ He reached and just was bold enough and he just touched me.”

She says there was no spider on her at all. It’s the same trick police say Couch used every time before he rubbed or squeezed women’s backsides and then ran off.

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The anonymous victim says she worried about what else Couch was capable of.

“After this, I was shaking,” The woman told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson. “The potential just scared the crap out of me.”

Police arrested Couch in July after a 59-year-old woman at the Dollar Tree on Venture Drive said he touched her in the same way.

Jail records show a judge gave him a bond.

A month later police say he groped two women at the Goodwill store.

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In September, he’s accused of doing the same thing to a 78-year-old woman at the library on Buford Highway in Norcross.

“There are other victims. We’re waiting to interview more victims,” said Cpl. Juan Madiedo with Gwinnett County Police “If anyone has information, please come forward.”

Couch is being held without bond after his latest arrest this week.

At least one victim says she’s worried if he’s released again.

“He’s not going to stop and it’s going to escalate,” she said.

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