Connecticut mall Santa, 45, is arrested after 'grabbing a teenage co-worker and exposing himself to her in break room'

A man working as a mall Santa Claus in Connecticut has been arrested for allegedly grabbing a teenage co-worker and exposing himself to her in a break room.

Officers from the Milford Police Department responded to the Connecticut Post Mall at around 7.30pm on Monday on a report of a possible sexual assault. 

An investigation uncovered that 45-year-old Prince Carter, who was working as a mall Santa at the time, was accused of hugging an underage colleague, grabbing her and exposing his privates to her in the employees' break room at the shopping center on Boston Post Road. 

Connecticut mall Santa Clause Prince Carter, 45, has been charged with third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor for allegedly exposing himself to a teen colleague 

Carter was arrested in Bridgeport later that night on charges of third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor, reported Hartford Courant.

The 45-year-old man was booked into the local jail on $25,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. 

A spokesperson for the Connecticut Post Mall said Carter has been banned from the property in the wake of his arrest.  

The incident took place in a break room at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford, Connecticut, on Monday evening