Last night KRON news reported that Daniel Duran had been arrested outside an elementary school. Danile has been a "peson of interest" the last several weeks to local law ewnforcement agencies.
Duran, a convicted sex offender, was going to local real estate offices and open houses and representing himself as an interested buyer. There was one report at one of the local Realtor marketing meetings that he had walked one neighborhood representing himself as a preacher who was looking for a playmate for his 14 year old daughter. He has no such daughter.
At the local Realtor meetings over the last several weeks, there were reports of Duran operating in Marin, contra Costa, and Alameda counties. East Bay Realtors, real estate agents, affiliates and all parents will be breating a little easier if Duran can be locked up for good. We'll see what the details are of the arrest and report more later.
Added 4/6/07 – The Pleasanton Weekly has a more detailed story online.
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John,
Thanks for the very important update. This man was a one man crime wave waiting to happen. His menace was felt throughout Northern California from San Mateo to San Jose and all through the East Bay.
Hopefully all of the documented incidents of Duran attempting to corner victims will weigh against him at trial.
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[...] Daniel Duran, the sex offender we have written about before, has been arested for sexually assaulting a real estate agent. [...]
[...] Realtor Safety At Open Houses: 3 Tips And A Warning That Could Save Your Life Filed under: Bay Area News, California Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Consumers, Dean Guadagni, Marin County, Observe, Open Houses, Peg Copple, Real Estate, Real Estate Professionals, Safety, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate — deansguide @ 7:32 pm As reported by John Harper “East Bay Rapist Arrested” nearly a year ago, ex convict Daniel Duran was attempting to assault Realtors at open houses in the Dublin-San Ramon-Pleasanton areas. Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident as described by the following video about similar activity in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. [...]