NIGHT PROWLER ATTACKS CHILDREN IN THEIR BEDS.Byline: Daily News Police on Sunday asked the public's help in finding a man they say brazenly bra·zen adj. 1. Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity. See Synonyms at shameless. 2. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: "sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band" broke into three homes and sexually assaulted sleeping children. Police said the man, described as black in his early 20s and possibly wearing his hair in cornrows Cornrows are a traditional style of hair grooming of African origin where the hair is tightly braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to produce a continuous, raised row. , assaulted the children within one hour in a three-block area in North Hills and Panorama City. The man first entered an unlocked window at 2 a.m. Saturday at an apartment in the 8900 block of Columbus Avenue where a 7-year-old boy was asleep. The man took several pictures with his cell-phone camera before the boy's sister scared him away. He then entered another apartment on the same block where he picked up a 6-year-old boy from his bed. As the boy was being moved, his 9-year-old sister woke up and screamed. The man tried to take off the girl's pajama bottoms before the children's grandmother scared him away, police said. The man then went to the 8600 block of Cedros Avenue where he stole a wallet See digital wallet. from the pants of an adult. ``This man is brazen bra·zen adj. 1. Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity. See Synonyms at shameless. 2. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: "sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band" and dangerous. Fortunately, these types of incidents are rare,'' said Lt. Paul Vernon. ``None of these victims were physically harmed, but we need to catch him quickly before he does harm someone.'' Police encouraged anyone with information on the man or the crimes to call Mission Division detectives at (818) 838-9972 or (818) 838-9800, or the 24-hour toll-free number (877) LAWFULL (529-3855). CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A police sketch sketch, a rapidly executed kind of pictorial note-taking. The sketch is not usually intended as an autonomous work of art, although many have been considered masterpieces in their own right. depicts a child molester Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paederast, pederast degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior who entered windows of homes Saturday. |
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