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ONE OF HALF A DOZEN SUSPECTS IN SACRAMENTO THIS YEAR. PARENTS AND CURTIS PARK ARE WORRIED BECAUSE OF A GROWING NUMBER OF SAFETY ALERTS. IT IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING HOW MANY MESSAGES WE GET FROM THIS ACCIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS SCARY. MARLEI: SHE JUST GOT THIS TEXT TODAY. >>’S ASSISTANCE -- SUSPICIOUS MAN. >> IT IS SHOCKING. IT’S CRAZY. MARLEI POLICE SAY THIS MAN FOLLOWED TWO DIFFERENT 15 EUROS GIRLS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, TALKING TO THEM AS HE DROVE A RED TOYOTA TACOMA. >> ASKED IF HE COULD BUY THEM BREAKFAST, TAKE THE METHOD OF SHOPPING. MARLEI POLICE TOUTING THE TEENAGERS QUICK ACTION, RUNNING AWAY, GIVING THE DEAD ENOUGH TIME TO SNAP SOME PHOTOS BEFORE HE GOT AWAY. IT IS UPSETTING THAT YOUNG GIRLS ARE BEING TARGETED LIKE THIS. MARLEI POLICE SAY THIS IS THE LATEST IN AN UPTICK IN HARASSMENT CASES IN SACRAMENTO. IN CASES LIKE THIS, INDECENT EXPOSURE, AND EVEN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING. TWO DAYS AGO, ANOTHER MAN EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THREE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS WALKING TO SCHOOL IN THE LEMON HILL AREA. POLICE NABBED ONE OF THE MEN WHO TRIED TO KIDNAP A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WALKING TO HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST MONTH. THIS SUSPICIOUS MAN IS STILL ON THE LOOSE. >> I TALKED WITH A GIRLFRIEND AND SHE HAS A TASER SHE IS GOING TO GIVE WITH ME. >> I WENT TO THE CATCHY WHEN I WAS -- TO THAT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. MARLEI IT IS A REMINDER TO THESE NEIGHBORS AND THEIR KIDS TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT.

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Sacramento police said they are looking for a man who approached two girls as they were walking to school Wednesday morning. This is the latest incident in an uptick of harassment cases in Sacramento, police said.Officers went to the 2100 block of Portola Way at about 7:30 a.m. after a "suspicious subject" driving a red Toyota Tacoma approached a 15-year-old girl as she was walking to McClatchy High School, according to a release from the Sacramento Police Department. He tried to talk to the girl, who took off running. The man followed her but eventually drove away, police said. Less than an hour later, officers went to the same area for another call with similar circumstances. The second victim, also a 15-year-old girl, was also able to get away from a man who approached her while driving a red Toyota Tacoma. Sacramento Police Officer Marcus Basquez said the man asked the girls if he could buy them breakfast and take them shopping.Investigators believe the same man was involved in both cases. He is described by police as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and in his 30s with a stocky build and dark mustache. He was wearing a black shirt, black baseball cap and blue jeans, said police, which released photos of the man. Police said the photos were provided by one of the girl's dads. After the girl ran away from the man, she called her parents. Her dad showed up and took photos of the man from a distance. When the man noticed the dad was photographing him, he drove away, Basquez said. The Tacoma the man was driving had no rear plates, police said. Police are asking anyone with information to call the dispatch center at 916-808-5471 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-HELP (4357). This incident is just the latest in a rash of harassment cases in Sacramento, police said. Since January, 16 different victims have reported six different suspects in cases involving indecent exposure and attempted kidnapping.Earlier this week, Sacramento police warned parents of a man who approached three different 12-year-old girls and exposed himself to them. They were all able to get away from the man. Of the half dozen suspects, police have nabbed one man, Joseph Dumarce, who allegedly tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl walking to her elementary school in April. Police are stepping up patrols around McClatchy High School this week as the Sacramento Unified School District has been sending parents alerts about each incident, according to spokesperson Alex Barrios.