A man is facing charges after police said he exposed himself and inappropriately touched a child in the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines.
Julian Todd Lambert, 42, was arrested Tuesday on a felony count of lewd and lascivious molestation and one count of exposure of sexual organs, Pembroke Pines Police officials said.
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Police said Lambert was in the mall's food court when he exposed himself then "touched the buttocks of a 10-year-old child who was standing next to her family."
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Lambert left the area on foot after he was confronted by the child's family, police said.
Officers responded and searched the area before they found Lambert at a nearby bus bench along Pines Boulevard.
Lambert, of Boca Raton, was booked into the Broward County jail. Attorney information wasn't available.
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The girl and her mother spoke out Wednesday, saying they're traumatized and angry about what happened.
"I’m tired, I’m wiped out. It’s traumatic," said the girl's mother, who didn't want to be identified. "He walked over to my daughter and sexually assaulted her and my daughter was terrified. She couldn’t even fight him off. She froze.”
