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BRIEF: Naked Preschool Prowler Caught on Camera Arrested
[March 23, 2011]

BRIEF: Naked Preschool Prowler Caught on Camera Arrested


Mar 22, 2011 (KTLA-TV - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- BOYLE HEIGHTS -- Police have arrested a man captured on surveillance video walking around naked at a preschool.

Officers arrested a 15-year-old man Tuesday morning after receiving a tip from a Boyle Heights resident who saw the video on television and was able to positively identify him.

LAPD released a video last week of the incident, which occurred on Mar. 6 at the Centro De Allegria Pre-school on the 400 block of North Soto Street. The man is seen wearing only socks and shoes and sexually arousing himself while walking around in circles for several minutes inside an entryway at the facility.



Minutes before the suspect had entered the school and ransacked the offices, taking various items including money and keys.

He later took off his clothes and began "engaging in strange behavior of a sexual nature," the press release said.


The school reported a similar burglary incident with the same suspect last November.

Because he is a juvenile, police are not releasing his identity. He was booked for burglary and is being held without bail.

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