El Cerrito elementary school on alert after suspicious person touches hair of student

An El Cerrito elementary school is taking extra safety precautions following an incident last week during which a man touched one of its students through a fence.

According to police, they were alerted Thursday to a report of a suspicious person outside Fairmont Elementary School. School officials said a man on the sidewalk outside the school on Eureka Avenue stuck his fingers through the fence and touched a student’s hair and neck.