Pittsburg man arrested after allegedly exposing himself to 10 and 11-year-old girl

A man from Pittsburg was arrested after allegedly exposing himself and performing lewd acts in front of young girls. Read the full press release below:

On Saturday, July 13, officers of the Pittsburg Police Department were dispatched to a residence regarding an unknown nude male subject exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl in front of her home. The child ran into her residence and the suspect fled the scene in a black pickup. Officers learned that the day before (on Friday, July 12) this same pickup had followed an 11-year-old girl, who is a relative to the 10-year-old, from a nearby store to the same residence. However, there was no reported contact with the driver of the pickup on that date.

On Friday evening, July 19, officers were again dispatched to the same residence for a report of a nude male suspect exposing himself to the aforementioned 10-year-old and 11-year-old girls and masturbating. The children quickly got an adult from inside the home and the suspect fled the scene in a black pickup. The children advised this was the same suspect who had exposed himself the week before.

Investigators began developing information leading toward the positive identification of the suspect, and on Thursday morning the suspect was located and taken into custody without incident. 41-year-old Ronald W. McDaniel, of Pittsburg, was arrested for three counts of felony lewd and lascivious behavior and two counts of misdemeanor stalking. McDaniel was transported to the jail at the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office for booking and is being held in lieu of a $30,000 bond.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing at this time.