FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leon John Dyken, a 46 year-old transient, was arrested on several charges on the afternoon of 01-06-13.
At
approximately 3:50 PM on 01-06-13, an officer was dispatched to the
Save Mart Supermarket in Angels Camp on a report of a possibly
intoxicated subject that was touching children inside the store. Prior
to police arrival, the manager of the store approached the subject and
told him that he could not touch people in the store and asked him to
leave. The manager followed the subject outside the store and waited for
the police to arrive.
When
the officer arrived the subject, later identified as Dyken, attempted
to leave and had to be physically restrained. Once he was placed in
handcuffs he attempted to manipulate his body so that his handcuffed
hands were in front of his body. After securing Dyken the officer
interviewed the store manager, who stated that he observed Dyken
approach a female customer shopping with her two toddler-aged children
in the store. The manager observed Dyken reach out and touch and
apparently tickle the two children, and he said it was obvious that the
mother was in distress. The mother later told the store manager that she
did not know Dyken and had no idea why he would approach and touch her
children.
Dyken
was taken into custody on charges related to annoying and molesting
children, resisting and obstructing an officer, public intoxication, and
bringing narcotics into the jail. During the booking process it was
discovered that Dyken brought some tobacco into the jail that was mixed
with marijuana.
Earlier
in the day, officers responded to a call at the Burger King restaurant,
where a subject matching Dyken’s description was displaying a knife.
Dyken was gone by the time police arrived. Additionally, during the
interview with the Save Mart store manager, it was discovered that Dyken
had been in and out of Save Mart several times throughout the day,
causing a disturbance.
The
Angels Camp Police Department would like to interview the mother of the
two children that was shopping when Dyken approached and touched her
children. She had left the store by the time the police arrived. Anyone
that has information related to the identity of the mother is encouraged
to contact the Angels Camp Police Department at 736-2567, or 754-6500.
