Crime & Safety
Man Exposed Himself To Teen At Trumbull Mall: PD
He tried to expose himself twice to shoppers, police said.

TRUMBULL, CT — A Wilton man was arrested after he exposed his buttocks to a teen at the Trumbull mall, according to police.
A local teen complained that Joseph Bear, 57, exposed himself while she was shopping with a friend at the Target store, said Lt. Keith Golding, police spokesman. Video surveillance captured the March 24 incident.
Bear returned to the store April 6 and again tried to expose his buttocks to shoppers, Golding said. He was identified after that incident and turned himself in on an active arrest warrant May 22.
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Bear is charged with public indecency and risk of injury to a child. He was held on $50,000 bail.
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