Police Department

Sex Offender in custody for South hill incident involving a minor, additional charges also filed for related incident days prior

Officer Daniel Strassenberg Public Information Office

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 10:18 a.m.

On August 16^th, 2024 at 9:42am, SPD responded to the area of Rockwood Boulevard and Helena after 911 was advised a suspect in a sex crime complaint from the previous day was observed in the area.  Officers arrived and detained a male.  SPD was already in the process of trying to locate this person stemming from multiple complaints in the area of lewd conduct/indecent exposure over the past few days. 

Upon locating the suspect male, officers were contacted by a minor and parent regarding an incident that had just occurred.  Officers were advised that the male currently being detained had been following a minor for several blocks. 

The suspect was pushing a scooter while following the victim.  As the victim arrived close to home, the suspect called out to the victim as he was fondling himself.  The victim advised officers the suspect had a hand inside his pants while following her.  At the conclusion of the investigation, officers took the male (Eric D. Gray, 28) into custody and booked him into the Spokane County Jail for Communication with a Minor for Immoral Purposes.  Gray was also booked on two additional counts of Indecent Exposure for an incident that occurred several days before.  The prior complaints had similarities as the suspect was pushing/riding a scooter before and after the reported incidents.   

Gray is listed a registered sex offender out of Montana with previous convictions for Indecent Exposure. 

If you have information about recent incidents involving this type of lewd behavior that may be related, please contact Crime Check at 509 456-2233.  This investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be forthcoming. 

Reference 2024-20166224   

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