{"id":714171,"date":"2021-09-03T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=714171"},"modified":"2021-09-03T16:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:21:28","slug":"lapd-quietly-charges-sex-offender-in-calif-spa-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-quietly-charges-sex-offender-in-calif-spa-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD quietly charges sex offender in Calif. spa incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-quietly-charges-sex-offender-in-calif-spa-incident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=714171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2509318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2509318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hybrid police car is seen at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:16 PM PT \u2013 Friday, September 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Los Angeles Police quietly filed charges against a convicted sex offender who claimed to identify as a woman before exposing himself to women and children at a local spa. Back in June, several women complained to a staff at the Wi Spa and said they felt uncomfortable with the nude man being in the women\u2019s area where children were also present.<\/p>\n<p>Citing California law, the staff said they could not do anything about it. Other spa customers tried to defend the suspect\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a woman, I have a right to feel comfortable without a man exposing himself,\u201d one witness expressed. \u201c\u2026That\u2019s traumatizing to see that. I\u2019m a woman. I think this is a place right here, I\u2019m told only for women. How dare you sit up here and tell me I don\u2019t have a right as a woman to defend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story gained national attention and prompted protests, which resulted in at least 40 arrests. Thanks to an exclusive report from conservative journalist Andy Ngo, it became aware the LAPD issued an arrest warrant for the man, Darren Merager, on five felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, law enforcement officials said the 52-year-old was a tier one registered sex offender and was also faced with sex felony counts of indecent exposure from a separate 2018 incident. In that case, prosecutors claimed he exposed himself to children in a change area at a swimming pool in West Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Merager has a long criminal history ranging from burglary to sex offenses including two prior convictions of indecent exposure from 2002 and 2003. Meanwhile, Merager claims to be legally female in California and is now alleging transgender harassment in connection with the Wi Spa incident.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-pilot-says-navy-helicopter-crash-was-possible-mechanical-failure\/\">Fmr. Pilot Says Navy Helicopter Crash Was Possible Mechanical Failure<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hybrid police car is seen at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in Los Angeles, California. 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