Tyler Preteen Charged with Public Lewdness

TYLER – Tyler police have arrested a youngster for inappropriately touching some women. Several women complained to police about a young black male being involved in the incidents. One woman reported that he approached her while she was working in the yard on Lindsey Lane and began talking to her. As she was about to leave the residence, she said the suspect hugged and touched her inappropriately. He then ran away. Tyler detectives identified the suspect as a 12 year old boy. Wednesday, he was taken into custody and processed into the Smith County Juvenile Attention Center on a charge of public lewdness.