Milpitas Man Arrested For Exposing Himself To Teens: Police

MILPITAS, CA — A 23-year-old Milpitas man was arrested Monday on suspicion of exposing himself to three teenage girls last week.

According to Milpitas police, Mohammad Qais is suspected of showing his genitals to two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old at two different locations in Milpitas last week.

While police were in the area of Augustine Park on Monday searching for witnesses and video surveillance on one of the incidents, they observed Qais, who matched the suspect description in both cases of a young Middle Eastern male with a beard and goatee, walking on Cortez Street just west of Augustine Park.

Officers spoke to Qais and detained him at 2:37 p.m. and later arrested him, charging him with three counts of indecent exposure and annoying a child, according to police.

The first incident was reported on July 20 at 4:27 p.m., when officers investigated a report of a suspect who exposed his genitals to children at Augustine Park. When a witness confronted the suspect, he drove away in a black four-door sedan. Officers checked the area but couldn't find the suspect at the time.

The second incident occurred before the first, but wasn't reported to police until this Monday. Police said a girl was walking her dog at 8:30 p.m. on July 16 near Burnett Elementary School when a man approached her with his genitals exposed. She ran home and told her father about the incident.

Qais has been booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail, according to police.

Anyone with information on the investigation is asked to call the Milpitas Police Department at (408) 586-2400. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the Crime Tip Hotline at (408) 586-2500.

— Bay City News; Image via Milpitas Police