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‘Serial sex offender’ caught half-naked after creeping near kiddie park in Virginia

The man behind a series of se🍌x offenses plaguing a Virgina park where children frequent was arrested creeping near the area and then trying to run away half-naked, police say.

Felix Antonio Mejias Vigil, 35, was spotted by a surveillance camera pacing around Fra🧸nconia Park on Thursday evening, accordingജ to the

Vigil fit the description of the serial sex offender who had been exposing himself at the park throughou🤪t July and Sept🤪ember, so Franconia and Mount Vernon police rushed to the scene, cops said.

As Vigღil tried to flee, he began stripping and throwing his clothes in the woods, authoriti𝓰es said.

Vigil of Fairfax was quickly arrested with the top layer of his clothes go💯ne.

Police believe Vigil may be behind several sex offenses, including public masturbations, that were reported at or near the park, which is home to the Chessie’s Big Backyard children’s playground.

Felix Antonio Mejias Vigil was arrested when he was caught creeping around a children’s playground in Virginia’s Franconia Park. Fairfax County Police Department
Police said the suspect began to strip as he fled the scene. Fairfax County Police Department

Over the summer, police recorded a꧂n incident where a man appeared to be masturbating in public on Telegraph Road, which is al⛦so adjacent to the VHBC Preschool.

Then July 28, a call came in about a sex offender conducting “indecent liberties” with a minor at the nearby Virginia Hills Swim Club.

The sex offender also struck again twice at the same spo﷽t on Telegraph Road on Sept. 19 and 22.

In addition, the suspect appeared to masturbate in public Sept. 22 on Diana Lane, a short road that leads to the Virginia Hil𒐪ls School.

Vigil was charged with two counts of indeജcent liberties with a child under 15, four counts of actual or simulated masturbation in public and false identification to law enforcement.

Vigil is believed to be behind a series of sex offenses plaguing the area, which includes several schools. Fairfax County Police Department

He is being held at the Adult Detention Cente🦋r wit♏hout bail.

This isn’t the first time Fairfax County Police have had to deal with a serial sex offender prowling a popular public area where children play.

Last year, Juan Rodriguez Alfaro was arrested for terrorizing women and girls in a string of at least 21 separate ass☂ault and sexual battery-related ෴incidents along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail.

Alfaro was identified as an undocumented immigrant from Honduras who was also wanted in New York for attacking a jogger.