Investigators said a man they had sought in connection to a suspected Peeping Tom incident in North County last Thursday was a "dependent adult" and will not be prosecuted.
Somebody who recognized the man contacted sheriff's deputies on Wednesday in the San Marcos Sheriff's Station, according to law enforcement.
"Detectives were informed the man is a person with autism and he attends a North County Adult Day Care Program. Detectives verified this information with the man’s mother," SDSO said Thursday in a news release. "She confirmed her son has autism, is non-verbal and has the mental capacity of a child."
The female who reported the incident was contacted by deputies, who shared the information they had gathered in their investigation and she no longer wanted the man prosecuted, officials said.
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