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Man Exposes Himself to Girls Walking to School in Long Beach
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Nothing says "Back to School" like a warning that there's a man in the community who likes to expose himself to girls on their way to campus.In Long Beach, authorities are concerned that the unidentified suspect will pick up where he left off last spring and resume luring female students to his car, according to CBS2.
"There have been at least six confirmed incidents in which the suspect pulled up alongside middle- and high school-age girls, asking for directions, then exposed himself when they looked inside the car, police said." Those incidents were in May and June, but since Long Beach schools start up again next week, police are ready for his comeback.
Here's who they are looking for:
The suspect was described as a white or Hispanic man with black hair, 20 to 40 years old, between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10, about 160 pounds, wearing a hooded sweater with blue jeans in some of the incidents. He drove an older model 4-door black sedan with a boxy style, possibly a Honda Accord, with black and silver rims with a red or pinkish color on the rims or tires.
The LBPD detailed the location and date of the reported incidents:
5/17/12 7:30 a.m. 12th Street & Pacific Avenue
5/30/12 3:30 p.m. 6500 Atlantic Avenue
5/31/12 7:15 a.m. Atlantic Avenue & Del Amo Boulevard
5/31/12 7:30 a.m. Broadway & Redondo Avenue
5/31/12 8:30 a.m. 5th Street & Bonito Avenue
6/1/12 3:30 p.m. Butler Street & Artesia Boulevard
Anyone with information about the suspected flasher should contact Long Beach police Sex Crimes Detective Louis Galvan at (562) 570-7368.
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