Dec 11, 2023

Police: Kan. man undressed in front of teens in public hot tub

Posted Dec 11, 2023 5:45 PM

RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a man for an alleged sex crime.

Just after 4:30p.m. Dec. 8, officers filed a report for lewd and lascivious behavior in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.

A 14-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy reported a known male suspect identified as 31-year-old Fernando Velasquez of Manhattan undressed in a public hot tub.

Police arrested Velasquez on a requested charge of lewd and lascivious; Exposing sex organs to another <18.  He remains in custody on a bond of $7,000, according to online jail records.