Eric Hernandez, 22, of the McKinley County community of Mentmore west of Gallup, was in custody after being arrested March 6 on a charge of indecent exposure when a woman saw his mug shot in the Gallup Independent and accused him of being the man who flashed her on July 18, 2006.

Hernandez was arrested a second time on a felony charge of indecent exposure and booked again into the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, where he was being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond, the Independent reported.

After seeing Hernandez's photo in the local paper, the woman contacted the McKinley County Sheriff's Office saying Hernandez was the person who approached her while she was inside her parked vehicle near the Mentmore jogging trail in the summer of 2006, the Independent said.

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, the woman told investigators that Hernandez was masturbating as he walked toward her and that she became "frightened and angry," locked her car doors and drove from the area, the paper reported.

The woman told investigators, however, that she jotted down a license plate number that later was traced to an acquaintance of Hernandez, the Independent said.

Hernandez was first arrested earlier this month after a woman claimed he exposed himself to her last August in a remote area near the Mentmore Meadows subdivision, the paper reported.

He has pleaded not guilty to those charges and was scheduled to go to a preliminary hearing this week, the Independent said. 

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