LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Multiple women reported being followed by a suspicious man in Lakewood this fall — including one instance where a woman said he brushed against her baby stroller on the Bear Creek Trail for an unknown reason — according to an affidavit obtained by Denver7 on Friday morning.

The Lakewood Police Department had issued a warning about the suspicious person on Nov. 5 and he turned himself into police the following day. The arrest affidavit details the women's accounts that led them to call 911 on the man.

James Byron Smith, 22, was arrested for suspicion of harassment (nine counts), trespassing (three counts) and obstructing an officer, police said Thursday . All are misdemeanors. He has not been formally charged as of Friday evening.

Most of the incidents occurred on o

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