Overview
- The sheriff's department said Jose Santana, 36, was booked on a charge of lewd acts on a child using force after a four-day manhunt.
- Deputies responded to a report that a 10-year-old was assaulted inside a laundry room at the SOFI Apartments in Poway.
- The suspect left on an electric scooter after the girl's friend shouted at him, and a helicopter search that night did not find him.
- The Sheriff’s Child Abuse Unit took over the case and released surveillance footage and a sketch to seek the public’s help.
- Officials have not disclosed where Santana was arrested or whether tips from the public led to the arrest.