HILLIARD, Ohio — A man accused of exposing himself to a girl who was walking to school in Hilliard on Thursday was arrested.
The Hilliard Division of Police said the incident happened around 8:45 a.m. around Circle Drive near Avery Elementary School.
The 10-year-old girl told police she was walking to school when a man, identified as 48-year-old Joseph A. Ennemoser, exited his vehicle and exposed himself to her.
Franklin County Municipal Court records say the girl ran away and Ennemoser got back into his truck and followed her out of the neighborhood.
Ennemoser was found at the Wendy's restaurant on Renner Road and arrested around 12:30 p.m.
Ennemoser, of Fairfield County, is charged with criminal child enticement, a fifth-degree felony. The charge is elevated because Ennemoser is a previously convicted sex offender.
In 2003, Ennemoser pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition regarding an incident involving a girl who was 7 or 8 years old in 2001. He was sentenced to six years in prison, according to records in Licking County Common Pleas Court.
“Today’s unfortunate situation demonstrated our community’s strength in quickly working together to protect a child in our community,” said Chief of Police Michael Woods. “This child did everything right in a wrong situation by running away, telling an adult, and remembering important details to pass along to police.”
There was an increased presence at Avery Elementary School throughout the day due to the incident.
On Friday, a Franklin County Municipal Court judge ordered that Ennemoser be held on a $300,000 bond. He has also been ordered to stay away from the girl and from the location of the incident.