{"id":331405,"date":"2026-05-25T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331405\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:13:34","slug":"man-accused-of-approaching-12-year-old-girl-on-way-to-school-arrested-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331405\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of approaching 12-year-old girl on way to school arrested in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fresno<\/a>Fri, May 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC<\/p>\n

A man is in jail after attempting to pick up a 12-year-old in Fresno on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In an update Friday, police said officers responded to West Weldon Avenue and North Channing Way regarding a man trying to speak to the girl.<\/p>\n

The girl told detectives she was walking to school when a man in a navy-blue van pulled up alongside her. The victim said 27-year-old Elias Panzo Temoxtle spoke to her in Spanish, and she did not understand him. He pointed at his cell phone and waved her over.<\/p>\n

The girl walked over to the suspect, who handed her the phone. Police said Temoxtle entered his phone number into the girl\u2019s phone and told her he would return at 4 p.m. to pick her up.<\/p>\n

The victim told detectives Temoxtle blew her a kiss. The girl walked to school and reported the incident to school officials and the police.<\/p>\n

Detectives arrived and searched the neighborhood for surveillance video and any witnesses. Detectives recovered the girl\u2019s phone for forensic analysis.<\/p>\n

Temoxtle was arrested by the Internet Crimes Against Children unit on felony charges, including distributing or showing pornography to a minor, annoying a child under 18, and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Temoxtle was booked into the Fresno County Jail. His bail is set at $30,000. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police said 27-year-old Elias Panzo Temoxtle was arrested after he allegedly tried to lure a 12-year-old into his van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, May 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC A man is in jail after attempting to pick up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[136423,112,4071,114,113,5527],"class_list":["post-331405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-elias-panzo-temoxtle","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county-jail","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-school-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}