Mount Laurel man accused of squeezing woman's toes

A Mount Laurel man has been arrested for allegedly squeezing a woman's toes outside a shopping center.

Mount Laurel police said today that the woman reported that 30-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr. approached her in the parking lot of a shopping center on the 100 block of Ark Road and said he wanted to talk to her.

He complimented her toes, then touched and squeezed two of them, police said.

Johnson allegedly told the woman he was obsessed with toes before leaving the scene.

He was charged with harassment in the incident, which occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 4. Johnson was released pending further court hearings.