MAN ARRESTED FOR STALKING ELDERLY WOMAN

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A BRADENTON MAN MONDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY EXPOSING HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES TO AN ELDERLY WOMAN.  DEPUTIES SAY THE 89-YEAR OLD WOMAN REPORTED THE FIRST OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS THIS PAST MARCH.  AFTER REPORTING MORE INCIDENTS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, INVESTIGATORS INCREASED SURVEILLANCE AND UTILIZED COVERT MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT.  DEPUTIES INITIALLY IDENTIFIED 27 YEAR OLD ALEXIS MORELAND, THEN ARRESTED HIM A FEW DAYS LATER.  THE VICTIM REPORTED SEEING MORELAND ON A TOTAL OF SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.  HE IS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF EXPOSURE OF SEXUAL ORGANS AND ONE COUNT OF STALKING.  MORELAND WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING A $30,000 DOLLAR BOND ON MONDAY.