Police Seek Man Who Exposed Himself to Woman Near Stanford

SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA -- Police in Palo Alto are looking for a man who pulled down his pants and masturbated in front of a woman near the Stanford University campus on Monday morning.

The victim, a woman in her 20s, was standing and talking on her cellphone in a parking lot near Park Avenue and El Camino Real before she called police at about 11 a.m.

The suspect, described as a Hispanic man in his early 20s with a pencil-thin mustache, walked west on Park Avenue and then turned around to pass her a second time, police said.

As he walked toward her, he made eye contact, and when he was about 6 feet away, the woman noticed that his pants were down to his thighs, his genitals were exposed and he was masturbating.

The woman cursed at him and then took a picture of him from behind as he continued east on Park Avenue, police said.

The man was about 5 foot 7 inches tall and 170 pounds. He was wearing a black jacket over a yellow shirt with blue jeans and black shoes.

He was also wearing a black, gray and red-striped beanie and a green backpack and was carrying a brown grocery bag, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to call Palo Alto police dispatchers at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voicemail to (650)
383-8984.

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