Man Arrested After Alleged Indecent Exposure at Valencia Whole Foods
Authorities have arrested a suspect captured on surveillance camera exposing himself and touching a woman while she was crouched down in an aisle picking out products at a Whole Foods in Valencia.
On Monday, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detained Jared Paul Estrada, 28, of Valencia in Orange County and booked him on suspicion of indecent exposure and sexual battery, said Lt. Luis Molina, the watch commander at the sheriff's Santa Clarita Substation.
He posted $100,000 bail and was released Monday evening, according to the Sheriff's Department Inmate Information Center. He is due in court in Valencia on Wednesday.
Estrada is accused of carrying out the lewd act at a Whole Foods store on Valencia Boulevard between 7:30 and 8 p.m on March 23. In the video, the suspect appears to film himself on his phone while rubbing his genitals against the shopper's ear.
The Sheriff's Department circulated a photo of the suspect last month seeking the public's help in identifying him. Several members of the public came forward and identified the man as Estrada, providing information including his date of birth, phone number, car and indicating that he lived near a local elementary school, according to a detective's report obtained by the Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
A spokesperson for Whole Foods said in a statement that the store was deeply concerned by the incident and fully cooperating with law enforcement's investigation.
Read also:
- American teenagers taking up farming roles previously filled by immigrants, a concept revisited from 1965's labor market shift.
- Weekly affairs in the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
- Landslide claims seven lives, injures six individuals while they work to restore a water channel in the northern region of Pakistan
- Escalating conflict in Sudan has prompted the United Nations to announce a critical gender crisis, highlighting the disproportionate impact of the ongoing violence on women and girls.
