Published December 29, 2020 •
Updated on December 30, 2020 at 9:01 am
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The San Diego County Sheriff s Department circulated video Tuesday caught by security cameras of a man suspected of inappropriately touching women in Vista and San Marcos.
One alleged sexual battery incident took place at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 at the Target store in the 1700 block of University Drive in Vista. Another allegedly took place around 4:30 p.m. Dec. 24 at the Michael s in the 1800 block of University Drive in Vista. The third allegedly occurred about two hours later at the Ralphs grocery store in the 300 block of South Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos.
EL CAJON
A man stole a car, with a 3-year-old child inside, only to abandon the vehicle and the toddler a short time later Monday in El Cajon, police said.
The child was not hurt.
The man escaped.
Police said the child’s mother parked the station wagon in an alley near an apartment on West Madison Avenue, west of Magnolia Avenue, while she unloaded groceries. She left the engine running and the child inside.
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While she unloaded the groceries, she saw the man take off in the car with her child. She called 911 about 11 a.m.
Officers and the county Sheriff’s Department’s helicopter scoured the area for the vehicle and child. During the search, an employee at a business about a mile and a half away, on Front Street north of Palm Avenue, called police to report the vehicle, police said. The child was inside.