Man pleads not guilty to alleged San Diego County sexual battery series

VISTA (CNS) - A man accused in a series of sexual batteries across San Diego County pleaded not guilty Friday, Jan. 8 to 10 misdemeanor counts.

Ji Hoon Yong, 25, was arrested Monday at a San Marcos Walmart for acts allegedly committed on multiple women in various public locations. Sheriff's deputies were called to the store in connection with a witness who may have recognized Yong as the subject of a sheriff's department news release which sought the public's help in identifying a man who inappropriately touched women at several North County retail stores.

Yong is charged with sexual battery,...