Residents angry that Pueblo police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face.

Pueblo police later released the man because of lack of evidence.

Alex Pacheco, one of the pursuers, says neighborhood residents were looking for a man on Sunday suspected of two separate sexual acts involving children when they got word that a man matching the description had been spotted.

Residents confronted the man and he ran.

The Pueblo Chieftain (http://tinyurl.com/m3lwyju ) reported that a half dozen people held the man until police arrived and took him away in a police car.

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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com