Sex offender arrested after he is caught exposing himself at store www.privateofficer.com
TROY MI Aug 9 2012 — Police arrested a camera-toting sex offender after they said he was caught exposing himself inside the girls section of a popular clothing store. First, though, they had to withstand two attacks that left him in leg irons and belly chains.
Troy police report that Aaron Frederick-William Lingeman, 33, was arrested after stimulating himself in the girls department of Old Navy in Troy.
A security officer at the store, on 1221 Coolidge Hwy., called Troy police on Friday and said that he observed the man walking around the store, carrying a camera. Lingeman, a registered sex offender, entered the young girls department, stood behind a display and watched a young girl, according to police.
He then lowered his pants while watching her and began touching his genitals.
Officers arrived and confronted the man while he was still in the Old Navy and then escorted him out of the store.
Troy police Capt. Robert Redmond said they are “very thankful for the diligent efforts conducted by store security and the fact that the store felt the importance of having security for their customers.”
Outside, Lingeman tried giving officers a false name; however, police used a fingerprint scanner at the scene — which provided his real name almost instantly.
When told that he was being arrested, Lingeman then tried to run away. He briefly struggled with officers, but they managed to handcuff him and get him in the rear seat of the police vehicle. On the way to the police station and its lockup, Lingeman kicked out both rear door windows. Other officers assisted, placing Lingeman in leg irons and belly chains to keep him from doing more damage.
“We had to fight with the guy to get him on the ground,” Redmond said.
Lingeman may have known the seriousness of this arrest. Judges have wide latitude in cases involving sexually delinquent persons, as statutes allow sentences between one day and life in prison
A search of his car also was revealing and concerned police about the possibility of escalating the situation.
Officers checked his vehicle and found numerous young girls undergarments in the passenger compartment. They also found several cell phones and a camera which contained pictures of young girls. A tool box in the trunk was also found to contain numerous young girls undergarments, make up, and wigs.
Redmond said the girls photographed were between the ages of 7 or 8 and 12 or 13.
“No wallet, no money, walking around a store with a camera in your hand,” Redmond summed up. “He knows” the seriousness of the situation.
The captain said his department has handled some exposure cases but nothing this concerning in recent years.
“I can’t think of the last one we had that was inside a story and following kids,” Redmond said.
The captain said his department has handled some exposure cases but nothing this concerning in recent years.
“I can’t think of the last one we had that was inside a story and following kids,” Redmond said.
The Oakland County Prosecutors Office issued a warrant charging Lingeman with indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person, damaging police property and resisting and obstructing a police officer, all felonies.
Lingeman was arraigned on the charges Aug. 4 and bond was set at $50,000.
According to information about sex offenders, Lingeman was convicted of being a sexually delinquent person in October of 2001. The state prison’s Offender Tracking Information System no longer carries any information about him, clearing records after prisoners are released from state custody.
His prior case was out of Troy, too.
“We’ve had him before,” said Redmond. “He is sick and he can’t quit. In order to protect society, there’s only one place for him — behind bars.”
source-journalregister.com
