Parents in La Crescenta gathered outside the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Monday night, demanding deputies investigate a man reportedly harassing children as they walked home from school. For more information, click the link.
— Parents in La Crescenta gathered outside the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Monday night, demanding deputies investigate a man reportedly harassing children as they walked home from school.
“Clearly there is a problem here, not just a mental health problem but an anger management issue where he feels compelled to attack people who are more vulnerable than him,” said parent Emily Lanigan.The man, who is pictured typically wearing a shirt that reads “Your mask makes you look stupid,” has been allegedly harassing children in La Crescenta for wearing masks for at least the past month.
When a deputy arrived at the scene, he told Ned that he couldn’t determine that any crime had occurred and began to lecture the kids. “He decided to lecture the kids about freedom of speech instead of taking their names and writing an incident report,” said Lanigan. According to Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Lt. Robert Hahnlein, deputies have identified the man in the videos and are now working with Glendale police to investigate the ongoing incidents.“I have sympathy for the parents,” Hahnlein said. “If my kids were there when this happened, I would be upset too and I would want something done.”