Crime & Safety

Decatur Police Arrest Man Who Reportedly Exposed Himself To Girl

Police said the man was pleasuring himself in the open in front of a girl whose father flagged down a police officer before the man escaped.

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Police have a man they saw was involved in a public indecency incident in which he reportedly was seen pleasuring himself in the open by a 14-year-old girl.
Police have a man they saw was involved in a public indecency incident in which he reportedly was seen pleasuring himself in the open by a 14-year-old girl. (Photo courtesy of the Decatur Police Department )

DECATUR, GA — Decatur police have arrested a man who police said exposed himself in the presence of a 14-year-old girl at Decatur Square Plaza earlier this month.

Police released a photo of the man on Monday in relation to the incident, which occurred at 5:44 p.m. on July 6, police said. The 14-year-old reportedly saw the man pleasuring himself “out in the open” and alerted her father to the man, CBS 46 reported. When the girl’s father told a police officer of what his daughter had seen, the man was able to leave and get onto a nearby Marta train before police could question him, the station reported, citing a police report.

A Decatur Police spokeswoman said Wednesday that the man in the photo was identified and arrested on Tuesday. Police have not yet named the suspect.

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