Anthony Wayne RayA 46-year-old man was arrested in Dalton, Georgia, Monday morning after police received several reports of him following a high school student in a car while masturbating.
Anthony Wayne Ray, of Chatsworth, Georgia, is listed as a sexually dangerous predator and now faces several charges. Police are asking if any other people may have had similar encounters with him.
The teenage victim in Monday’s incident told police she was walking along Henderson Street on her way to Morris Innovative High School, according to a Dalton police news release. She noticed a man in a blue SUV slowly following her along the road, and then pulled out into her path, causing her to have to walk around the vehicle.
Scared, she snapped a picture of the vehicle and its license plate before hurrying away to school, the news release states. The victim told Officer Steven Collins, the school resource officer for Morris Innovative, that she saw the driver of the vehicle masturbating while following her.
Police ran the license plate and learned it belonged to Ray. But when confronted, he denied the allegation and denied ever being near the school, according to the news release.