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Man accused of touching himself in front of 3 girls arrested in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orange County man arrested Thursday after two girls said he masturbated in front of them is also the suspect in a similar case from February, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The two girls, ages 12 and 13, told deputies the man, identified as 36-year-old Wilfredo Nazario Jr., pulled his car in front of them while they were waiting at a bus stop on Oakridge Road. The girls said the man opened his car door and started “playing with himself,” said nothing and then drove away.

Nazario was arrested Thursday on two charges of lewd or lascivious exhibition in front of a child. He is being held in the Orange County Jail without bond.

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In February, a 13-year-old girl told deputies a man touched himself sexually while approaching her in the morning on a school day near Union Park Middle School. Deputies said Nazario is also a suspect in that case.

Detectives released surveillance video related to the February incident that showed the suspect and a red four-door Toyota. In the video, a man is seen pulling down his pants before getting back in the car. Investigators said he had removed the license plate.

On Thursday, Nazario was arrested while driving a red four-door Toyota. Deputies said he had been under surveillance related to the February case.

WFTV looked into Nazario's criminal history and found at least three other arrests for similar allegations.

He was adjudicated guilty for a 2015 incident of exposing sexual organs in Osceola County and for a 2015 incident in Orange County for exposing himself sexually in a parking lot on International Drive.

He was also arrested another time in 2015 in Orange County for touching himself sexually in front of an elderly or disabled adult. But prosecutors in that case did not pursue the charges and the case was closed.

Sex crime detectives are scheduled to host a press conference to discuss Nazario at 1 p.m. Friday.

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