Man Charged With Indecent Exposure, Assault

A 44-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a Mission Viejo woman and assaulting her husband during an ensuing chase was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily harm and indecent exposure.

Mark Andrew Green, who also faces one felony count of making criminal threats and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday afternoon and remains in custody without bail.

He is due at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach on Aug. 13 for a pretrial hearing.

Monday, about 10 p.m., the woman looked through a window and saw a man fondling himself outside her home in the 23900 block of Juaneno Drive, said Orange County sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock.

Her 29-year-old husband chased Green down the block, then jumped into the bed of the suspect's pickup truck to try to stop his escape, the lieutenant said. The suspect jumped out of the vehicle and allegedly assaulted the husband, Hallock said.

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Orange County sheriff's deputies, with help from a department helicopter crew, were able to track the truck based on the victim's description. As Green got out of the truck in Rancho Santa Margarita, he spotted the deputies and was arrested following a short pursuit, Hallock said.

The husband suffered minor injuries, according to authorities, who withheld the victims' names.

—City News Service