Crime & Safety

El Segundo Police Arrest Sexual Predator

The police department's Facebook page details where the suspect was arrested.

The Facebook page for the El Segundo Police Department reported the following information about one hour ago.

"Through investigative efforts, El Segundo Detectives identified the sexual predator pictured in the attached Crime Bulletin as Eric Stickney, a 28-year-old resident from El Segundo. This information was provided to patrol officers, who were able to locate him in the bathroom of a local hotel, where he was arrested."

Stickney is allegedly the suspect shown on TV news and in police materials who was seen standing to the rear of an apartment complex in the 300 block of Bungalow Drive in El Segundo on August 20, looking through an opening in a fence and beginning to masturbate as he watched a toddler playing in a kiddie pool, according to an El Segundo crime bulletin. Stickney's image was captured via a cell phone camera, the bulletin read.

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