VISTA — An Oceanside man who struck multiple women in the buttocks while biking past them at the Calavera Preserve in Carlsbad was sentenced today to six months in county jail and must register as a sex offender.
Felix Blanco, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of sexual battery for what Carlsbad police described as a series of assaults on women hiking on the trail.
Police said Blanco would approach victims from behind on an e-bike and hit their buttocks as he rode past.
Blanco was arrested Jan. 30 after police responded to one such incident and spotted Blanco, who matched a suspect description provided by the victim, police said.
A criminal complaint outlines nine separate victims and incidents occurring from last September through Jan. 30.
Blanco pleaded guilty to four of the sexual battery counts in that case.
He also pleaded guilty to a sexual battery count in a separate case involving a female victim, though it is unclear if that case is connected to the Calavera Preserve incidents.
