Police are searching for man who committed indecent act in front
of two young girls
Morgan Hill – Two 9-year-old girls were shaken by an encounter with a man who exposed himself to them Tuesday evening while they were playing in the front yard of one of the girl’s home.
Morgan Hill police Sgt. Dave Swing said the girls were in a residence yard on Edmundson Avenue at approximately 6:30pm when they were approached by a male in a Silver Honda Civic. The man, described by the girls as Indian with dark hair, approximately 30 to 40 years old, allegedly called the girls to the car, asking for directions to a gas station.
One of the girls didn’t know where the gas station was, so she asked her friend for help, Swing said. As the girl approached the car, the man looked at her, unzipped his pants, exposed himself to her and began to masturbate.
“He never tried to lure her to the car, never made any acts toward her, never tried to get out of the car,” Swing said.
The girls ran into the residence to get an adult, the father of one of the girls, and when they returned to the yard, the man was gone, Swing said.
“The girls did the right thing by running inside to get an adult,” he said. “They also seemed to have stayed a safe distance from the car. We need to make sure kids know that if a stranger approaches them, their best approach is to do what these girls did and go inside.”
Swing said there were no other reported incidents in the area, but any incidents of this nature should be reported to police. He also said anyone with information about the suspect or the incident should contact local police authorities at 779-2101.
An aunt of one of the girls, Lisa Avila-Clark, said that her niece’s friend told her parents that she had seen the man before, taking pictures, apparently of her.
“I think it freaked (Clark’s niece) out to hear he had been there previously, taking pictures,” Clark said. “I think she was upset the first night that it happened, but I think she is OK. I just want parents to be aware that there is someone out there. It’s about making sure that our kids understand what to do in a situation like this.”
Marilyn Dubil covers education and law enforcement for The Times. Reach her at (408) 779-4106 ext. 202 or at md****@*************es.com.
