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Crimesider Staff
(CBS) MODESTO - Police in California say a registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday for sexually assaulting a teen on a public bus, a day after the suspect was released from prison.
According to CBS Sacramento, police say 37-year-old Kevin Michael Long is accused of attacking a 15-year-old girl who was on her way to school.
Police reportedly say he got on the bus around 7:30 a.m. in Modesto and tried to talk to the girl, making sexual comments, before lunging at her and sexually assaulting her.
Witnesses say other bus passengers stopped the assault before contacting police, who were waiting for Long when the bus entered the transit center, CBS Sacramento reports.
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Crimesider Staff
(CBS) MODESTO - Police in California say a registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday for sexually assaulting a teen on a public bus, a day after the suspect was released from prison.
According to CBS Sacramento, police say 37-year-old Kevin Michael Long is accused of attacking a 15-year-old girl who was on her way to school.
Police reportedly say he got on the bus around 7:30 a.m. in Modesto and tried to talk to the girl, making sexual comments, before lunging at her and sexually assaulting her.
Witnesses say other bus passengers stopped the assault before contacting police, who were waiting for Long when the bus entered the transit center, CBS Sacramento reports.
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