Overview
- Local police detained a man early Sunday after a mother reported her 11-year-old daughter was groped following the midnight fireworks.
- The parents of a friend restrained the suspect until officers arrived in the Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal area near Plaza de España.
- Police said the same man also touched three girls aged 16 to 18, though those cases could not be formally reported because the girls were not present when officers reached the scene.
- The 11-year-old received care from GAMA and USAP units of the Policía Local, according to local reports.
- The case unfolded during an expanded Fallas security operation that recorded six detainees and numerous drug and pyrotechnics infractions in coordination with Policía Nacional.