Atchison (Kansas/USA) - Disturbing incident in a Walmart store in the US state of Kansas. A 42-year-old man posed as a store detective and led a customer to a restroom in the back of the store. He then attacked the woman.

Atchison County investigators are certain that Justin Metz (42) approached his victim outside the parking lot of the local Walmart on the afternoon of March 9. He was a store detective, he said to the unsuspecting 32-year-old, there was something to clarify, he pretended.

What happened next is shocking. As reported by Fox4, he asked the customer to follow him into the supermarket, took her to the back of the store and led her to the customer restroom. There, the supposed store detective showed his true colors.

According to the investigators, the 42-year-old assaulted the woman in the toilet and sexually abused her. Then he is said to have gone his way.

The apparently completely traumatized woman was left behind. She revealed herself to the police. It quickly became clear that the perpetrator could not have been a Walmart employee, reports the"Hays Post" newspaper.

But it was to take a week before the suspected sex offender was caught.

Justin Metz returned to Walmart on Sunday.

He wandered cheerfully through the store, possibly looking for a new victim. But he was recognized. Employees immediately called the police. The suspected sex offender was arrested in the supermarket.

Charges have now been brought against the 42-year-old. He will have to stand trial for rape, kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and theft of property or services. If convicted, he faces a long prison sentence.

Meanwhile, the police cannot rule out the possibility that other women have fallen victim to this perfidious scam.