LBPD Arrests, LB City Prosecutor Files Indecent Exposure Charges Against, Long Beach Man After Bixby Knolls Area Residents Report June-Dec. 2014 Incidents; LBPD Says If You Were A Victim, Do Come Forward

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(Feb. 20, 2015) -- The Long Beach Police Department has arrested, and the LB City Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against, a 21 year old Long Beach man identified by police as their suspect after receiving several calls from Bixby Knolls area residents from June-December 2014 regarding [LBPD release text] "a male subject who [allegedly] drove a black vehicle who was seen masturbating in public. The suspect would expose himself to females as they were walking down the street."

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LBPD says in its release that on February 19, 2015, it arrested Guadalupe Perez, Jr., 21, of Long Beach on an indecent exposure warrant...and hopes that "additional victims they believe may exist will come forward."

In its release, LBPD says its Sex Crimes detectives investigated the case, interviewed several victims and witnesses, identified the suspect and presented the case to the City Prosecutor's office, which filed the case and issued a warrant for suspect Perez's arrest.

LBPD says Detectives from its Violent Sexual Predator Unit located the suspect on Feb. 19 in the area of 6th St./Golden Ave. and took him into custody on the indecent exposure warrant.

LBPD says its investigation is ongoing "and detectives are attempting to identify additional victims." It asks "anyone who has been a victim and has not reported the incident to police, or has information regarding this case" to contact Long Beach Police Sex Crimes Detective Stacey Holdredge at (562) 570-7368.