Police seek help finding suspect in gropings, indecent exposures

BY DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer
Thursday, January 31, 2013



Police are asking for help locating a man who officers believe has been groping women and exposing himself in the Woodland Hills Mall area.

Jaime Hartness, 32, is being sought by the Tulsa Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit, according to a Thursday evening press release.

Officers believe that Hartness committed at least one similar offense in both Broken Arrow and Bixby.

Hartness is a registered sex offender from Carthage, Mo., the Police Department reported.

An arrest warrant was previously issued and is still active for Hartness on four counts of sexual battery and three counts of indecent exposure, according to the Police Department.

Anyone who has any knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 918-596- COPS or online at tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers.


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