The San Diego County Sheriff’s department seeks the public’s help in trying to identify a man who sexually harassed a girl and attempted to get another in his car in Spring Valley.
According to a department statement, authorities received a report from a 13-year-old girl who said she was walking in the area near Spring Valley Middle School on Conrad Drive and Campo Road on Friday at about 4 p.m when a suspect approached from behind her and “inappropriately touched her”.
The victim made her way home and reported the incident.
Authorities announced on Monday said other students yelled at the man as he walked away.
The victim’s description of the suspect matched the man involved in another incident involving a second 13-year-old girl, according to the sheriff's department.
The second incident occurred as the victim was crossing a parking lot near a drug store in the 9600 block of Campo Road on Feb. 28 when the suspect driving a black Toyota Prius asked if she needed a ride.
The man reportedly demanded the victim to enter the car after she refused his offer. According to the sheriffs department, the girl told investigators she ran across the street to avoid the man, then reported the confrontation to her school.
The suspect was described as a white man between 29 and 30 years old with short, curly red hair, freckles, and crooked teeth. He was last seen wearing reading glasses and is clean-shaven.
Anyone with information on the suspect was asked to call the sheriff's department at (858) 565-5200.
