By Chris Dyches - email & LaToya Boyce - email

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -  Hundreds of people in south Charlotte saw what appeared to be strange lights floating in the air around the Ballantyne area, sparking many to believe they were seeing aliens or UFOs.

Callers bombarded the WBTV phone lines Friday night to report the strange lights. Several people claimed to see a cluster of 20 to 30 yellow/orange lights.

"The lights moved in an extravagant way, not a way you'd expect a normal aircraft to move," wrote witness Michael Brennan. "The lights frequently vanished, and re-appeared many times then disappeared."

Hoping for an explanation, we made a call to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Friday night.  Duty Captain John Williams said he had no knowledge of any UFOs in Ballantyne Friday night or anywhere else in Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Police have arrested and charged the man believed to be responsible for a recent string of sexual assaults at shopping centers in south Charlotte.

Juan Carlos Torres Lemuz, 27, was taken in for questioning after being caught at the Harris Teeter at 11516 Providence Road Monday morning. It's the same store where he allegedly groped another woman last week.

Shortly after police detained Lemuz, a woman in the parking lot came forward and told officers that he had just groped her moments earlier.

"I can't get into his mind. I don't know what he was thinking," said Captain Jim Wilson in the South Division.

Lemuz has been charged with four counts of sexual battery: Two charges for each of the incidents that occurred at the Harris Teeter, and two charges for a Wal-Mart case where the suspect assaulted two victims.