LMPD looking for man in connection to touching, exposure incidents in Cherokee Park area

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LMPD looking for man in connection to touching, exposure incidents in Cherokee Park area
Police are trying to find a man for questioning in connection to a string of incidents in the Highlands/Cherokee Park area.LMPD released a photo Tuesday of a man they'd "like to speak to" after multiple women made various reports of inappropriate contact at the park in recent weeks. Police said they were first contacted on May 2 about a man who may have been wearing a mask running up to women in the park, inappropriately touching them, and then running away.Officers searched the park and were unable to find them.Then on Monday, a woman reported a man exposed himself to her at the park near the golf course. The man being sought for questioning is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male, believed to be 6 feet tall, with a muscular build. He was last Tuesday morning in the 900 block of Cherokee Road, not far from Cave Hill Cemetery, around 9:50 a.m. wearing a blue surgical mask. LMPD said Monday that they increased patrols in the Cherokee Park area. Anyone with any information is asked to call the anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD or provide info online at the crime tip portal.

Police are trying to find a man for questioning in connection to a string of incidents in the Highlands/Cherokee Park area.

LMPD released a photo Tuesday of a man they'd "like to speak to" after multiple women made various reports of inappropriate contact at the park in recent weeks.

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Police said they were first contacted on May 2 about a man who may have been wearing a mask running up to women in the park, inappropriately touching them, and then running away.

Officers searched the park and were unable to find them.

Then on Monday, a woman reported a man exposed himself to her at the park near the golf course.

The man being sought for questioning is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male, believed to be 6 feet tall, with a muscular build. He was last Tuesday morning in the 900 block of Cherokee Road, not far from Cave Hill Cemetery, around 9:50 a.m. wearing a blue surgical mask.

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LMPD said Monday that they increased patrols in the Cherokee Park area.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD or provide info online at the crime tip portal.

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