Police Hunting Indecent Exposure Suspect

Police in Santa Cruz are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection to a child annoying and indecent exposure incident that occurred earlier this month.

At about 3:30 p.m. on June 3, two teenage girls were walking in the 200 block of Swift Street when the suspect pulled up next to them an asked for directions to Sacramento Street, police said.

The two victims, who are 15 and 16 years old, approached the passenger side of the vehicle and started giving the man directions when they saw he was wearing only a T-shirt and was masturbating, police said. The girls walked away, and the suspect drove off.

The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20s to 30s with long dark hair and two piercings in his lower lip. He was wearing a beanie and was driving a white four-door sedan similar to a Honda or a Nissan Sentra.

Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to contact the Santa Cruz Police Department Investigations Unit at (831) 420-5820.

--Bay City News