Police investigation resulted across the ensuing months.

The Vernon, Mich., resident is scheduled for a Sept. 24 pretrial conference in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.

Wilder stalked his victims in an East Lansing Meijer at 1350 W. Lake Lansing Road before assaulting them, according to a report last week from MLive.

Surveillance footage from the Meijer store shows the 26-year-old Vernon, Mich. resident following women, including the sexual assault victims, throughout the aisles.

Wilder originally was charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and one count of gross indecency between male and female by a sexually delinquent person and is considered a habitual offender.

Court documents show Wilder will face an additional count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and a count of unlawful imprisonment for the March attack that reportedly took place on the 1100 block of Grand River Avenue.

Murphy said police did not initially believe the first incident was connected to the other assaults.

“We knew about it, it was reported right away to us,” Murphy said. “We did not realize until after (Wilder) confessed to it that it was one that he had done.”

Wilder currently is lodged in the Ingham County Jail. If he is found guilty of the charges, he could face life in prison.