Overview
- Deputies responded on Oct. 21 to the 1000 block of Havenhurst Drive after two juveniles reported being followed, and investigators said one was assaulted before deputies arrived.
- Elmer Mercado, 42, was arrested on Oct. 23 on suspicion of lascivious acts upon a minor and of annoying and molesting a minor.
- The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed two misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a child on Oct. 23.
- Mercado remains in custody on $100,000 bail as the investigation continues, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
- Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the LASD Special Victims Bureau or to submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.