The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to NBC 7 on Monday that a man who was accused of groping and flashing at least six women throughout the city was released after the San Diego City Attorney’s office dismissed his case.
After the San Diego County District Attorney’s office referred the guy’s case to the city attorney’s office, which subsequently dismissed it, authorities said the man was freed before 12:30 a.m. on Friday.
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A number of ladies in University Heights, North Park, and Pacific Beach reported to the police that a man who appeared to be a jogger out for an afternoon run touched them and showed out his genitalia.
One Pacific Beach lady, who want to be identified as Katie, told NBC 7 on Thursday, “He lunged at me and grabbed my bottom, and he squeezed it really hard.”
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Katie claimed that after calling the San Diego Police Department following the assault, they took a report and provided her with a ride home. She claimed to have approached the alley where the man had attacked her and started requesting access to security camera footage.
After Katie shared the recordings on social media and distributed leaflets featuring the man’s photograph across the area, she received calls from other women who claimed they had also been harmed by him, Katie told NBC 7.
Unsteady hands, unsteady speech. A woman from North Park, who asked to be named only as “Rebecca,” told NBC 7 on Thursday, “I didn’t know what to do.”
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According to Rebecca, she ran into the man last Wednesday at 1 p.m. while strolling south on Idaho Street near the Garfield Elementary School playground. He sprinted by her to the corner, she claims, then turned around and returned. According to Rebecca, there were kids on the playground, and he was grinning and exposing himself to her.
“I guess my brain took over and told me, ‘Nope,’ even though I wanted to sprint after him. Here, we’re a touch frozen. “We’re not going to do that,” Rebecca declared.
She claims that twenty minutes after the man flashed and violently grabbed her behind, she told the police about the incident. On the North Park Nextdoor app, she shared a post about it. She claims that later on, she came upon one of Katie’s Instagram posts.
San Diego police reported on Thursday that they had located him and that he was currently incarcerated. He was charged with two felony counts of assault with intent to commit rape after his arrest on July 28.
It was discovered just before his planned arraignment on Thursday that the District Attorney had sent the matter to the City Attorney for potential misdemeanor charges, despite the fact that his bail was set at $100,000.
