LOS ANGELES — A 53-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a 9-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her at an Irvine public library last week was arrested Tuesday for allegedly groping an 11-year-old girl inside a Target store in Irvine, authorities said.
Christopher Eduard was out on bail when he was arrested at his Los Angeles home on suspicion of sexual battery of an 11-year-old, the Irvine Police Department said in a news release. The incident occurred May 24, 2021, at the Target at 13200 Jamboree Road, according to police.
Eduard allegedly followed the girl in the store and approached her in an aisle after she walked away from her family, police said. The suspect then approached her from behind and groped her, according to police. The girl ran from him and told her family while Eduard fled the store and sped away in a green Kia Soul, police said.
