FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno police have arrested a 27-year-old man on multiple felony charges after an incident involving a 12-year-old girl on her way to school.<\/p>\n
Officers responded on Thursday 21 to the area of West Weldon Avenue and North Channing Way for a report of a man attempting to speak with a child.<\/p>\n
Police said the victim told investigators she was walking to school when a Hispanic adult man in a navy-blue van pulled up alongside her.<\/p>\n
According to police, the suspect spoke to the girl in Spanish, but she did not understand him.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the man then positioned his vehicle in the girl’s path, pointed to his cell phone and waved her over.<\/p>\n
The girl told police she feared for her safety, walked up to the suspect and handed him her phone.<\/p>\n
The man entered his phone number into the device and told the girl he would return at 4 p.m. to pick her up, investigators said.<\/p>\n
Before leaving, the suspect blew a kiss at the girl.<\/p>\n
The girl made it safely to school and reported the incident to school officials and police.<\/p>\n
Detectives with the Fresno Police Department and its Sexual Assault Unit searched the neighborhood for surveillance video and witnesses and took the girl’s phone for analysis.<\/p>\n
With assistance from the Internet Crimes Against Children team and through law enforcement databases, investigators identified the suspect as Elias Panzo Temoxtle.<\/p>\n
Temoxtle was arrested on several felony charges, including distributing or showing pornography to a minor, annoying a child under 18, and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n
He was booked into the Fresno County Jail.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
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