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Missoula Police Arrest Suspect in Indecent Exposure Case

Cole Francisco of Missoula was taken into custody Thursday

By Justin Franz

MISSOULA — Police in Missoula have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of exposing himself to students at bus stops in Missoula County and in a residential neighborhood last week.

Missoula County deputies began investigating reports of a man approaching teenage girls in his car and exposing himself to them. Reports began on March 10 at school bus stops west of Lolo.

Cole Francisco of Missoula was taken into custody Thursday, questioned and booked into jail on suspicion of three counts of indecent exposure, including one felony count. He also faces allegations that he violated his probation.

He was apprehended based on witness descriptions of his vehicle.

County Attorney Kirsten Pabst told the Missoulian charges would be filed against Francisco on Friday afternoon in Justice Court.