SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — An alleged flasher was in jail Saturday after being taken into custody for exposing himself to teenage girls as they walked to school in Santa Ana.

Alfredo Landaverde, 47, was arrested just before 8 a.m. Friday during a traffic stop at Fairview Street and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana police said.

The girls who reported the crimes were between the ages of 14 and 16.

Landaverde may have committed similar crimes in Fountain Valley and Costa Mesa, according to investigators.

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