Police arrest man accused of following girls off bus, touching them inappropriately

Hours after asking for help finding him on Friday afternoon, police arrested a man accused of twice following girls off the bus in Long Beach and touching them inappropriately.

Police said the man sexually battered the first girl around 10:15 a.m. Thursday near Carson Street and Atlantic Avenue. She was on a bus when the man approached her, and when she left the bus, he “proceeded to sexually batter” her after a brief exchange, police said in a news release.

About 40 minutes later, another girl was on a bus near Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue when the same man approached her, police said. When she also got off the bus, “ the suspect followed her” and “proceeded to sexually batter” her, police said.

Police identified the suspect as George Marquez, a 21-year-old homeless man. Officers booked him into Long Beach Jail on suspicion of attempted rape, penetration with a foreign object and two warrants for terrorizing causing fear and battery.

Police said his was set at $242,000.

Editor’s note: This story was updated with information about Marquez being arrested.

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