If Someone Brings a Bat

POLICE IN MODESTO ARE NOW ON HIGH ALERT: ... AS A *** PREDATOR CONTINUES TO TARGET WOMEN ON BIKE TRAILS... AND IN PARKS. SEVEN WOMEN HAVE NOW BEEN ACCOSTED OR FLASHED IN MODESTO BY A MAN WHO POLICE FEAR IS BECOMING MORE BRAZEN, AGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS. MOST RECENTLY, HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO A WOMAN AT A PARK NEAR AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON SUNDAY ... POLICE ARE EXPANDING THE MANHUNT, BUT AS K-C-R-A THREE'S LETICIA ORDAZ REPORTS TONIGHT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. MODESTO'S *** PREDATOR WAS LAST SPOTTED AT SHERWOOD PARK IN NORTH MODESTO ON SUNDAY. IN THIS CASE MODESTO POLICE OFFICER RICK APPLEGATE SAYS THE MAN BECAME MORE BOLD... EXPOSING HIMSELF TO AN ENTIRE FAMILY. in that incident he emerged from somewhere in the park... was nude... mastrubated in front of a woman and her children... as well as other women in the playground. OFFICERS FLOODED THE AREA SOON AFTER... BUT THE PERSON DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MAN IN HIS EARLY 20'S ... ABOUT 5- 6, AND 130 POUNDS WAS LONG GONE. THIS WAS THE 7TH INCIDENT SINCE THE END OF DECEMEBER. THREE OF THEM HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK. i can tell you right now that all of the available resources that we have in the investigation unit are devoted to capturing the subject. DETECTIVES ARE FOCUSING ON THE NORTH AREA OF MODESTO... BETWEEN RUMBLE ROAD AND MCHENRY. THESE FOUR LOCATIONS ARE WHERE THE MAN HAS FLASHED AND IN SOME CASES TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THE 7 WOMEN. NOW... THE ATTACKS HAVE A LOCAL RADIO STATION TRYING TO ORGANIZE AN EVENT CALLED TAKE BACK OUR TRAILS. you shouldn't be under seige... it is not this guy's park it is our park...so we are just re-claiming our park. TONIGHT... OFFICER APPLEGATE SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT A COMMENT MADE OVER THE AIRWAVES FOR PEOPLE TO ARM THEMSELVES WITH BASEBALL BATS. THE STATION SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT PROMOTING VIOLENCE... BUT SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE. if someone brings a bat i'm not going to have a problem. lets get this guy out of the park... we are not going for vigilanty justice we just want to make a statement this guy in not welcome in our park. police say if you are walking this trail and you see the man the best thing you can do is carry a cell phone ... and call police immediately. please leave the law enforcement work to the professionals and please rest assured we are doing our best to try to apprehend the subject. IN MODESTO, LETICIA ORDAZ, K-C-R-A THREE REPORTS. INVESTIGATORS ARE FOLLOWING UP ON DOZENS OF TIPS. BUT THEY HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THE MAN WANTED FOR THE *** ASSAULTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE MODESTO