An Oklahoma man was arrested after a mom walked in on him molesting four of her young children and beat him with a pool stick, police said.
Eric Sean Absher, 40, was captured two days after the woman discovered him forcibly touching her sons and daughters, all under the age of 12, in her bedroom in Duncan on Wednesday, the Stephens County Sheriff's Office said.
The woman, who had been in the next room, "became enraged" and hit Absher with a nearby pool stick and chased him out of the home, police told the
Lawton Constitution.
"He was able to stop a passerby saying 'this woman was crazy.' Not knowing what had just occurred and that guy takes him away from the scene," Sheriff Wayne McKinney told
KSWO.
Absher later told the driver that the situation was a misunderstanding after one of the children grabbed him, leaving his penis exposed accidentally, Deputy Jason Riggle said.
A 6-year-old girl told police "'the bad guy' choked her with his 'bad spot'" and made her perform oral sex, according to an affidavit.
"There's not any more serious of a crime, in my opinion, against humanity to molest a small child. We are talking 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds," McKinney said.
Tips from the public led authorities to find Absher and arrest him Friday as he wore a shirt saying, "Has anyone told you today that JESUS loves you?"
He was charged with five felony counts of lewd acts with a child under 12 on Tuesday. He could face life in prison if convicted.
Police did not say why he was in the woman's home in the first place.
Absher was out on bond at the time of his arrest after he exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl and forced her to touch him in February, police told the
Lawton Constitution. He was also wanted on a forgery charge.