Savage Man Charged with Indecent Exposure

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A Savage man has been charged with indecent exposure after he approached children on their way to school in Jessup Thursday morning and flashed a 10-year-old, according to a report from the Howard County Police Department.

Cartrel Darryl Baboolal, 25, of the 8700 block of Lincoln Street in Savage, was taken into custody and is in the process of being booked, police said.

Authorities say they identified Baboolal as the suspect after five children arrived at Bollman Bridge Elementary School Thursday morning and reported suspicious behavior to officials, who ran his license information to find him.

Police said Baboolal had three separate encounters with children Thursday morning:

• At 9 a.m., he approached a 10-year-old at a bus stop and offered her a ride in his green Mercedes; she refused.
• Three students, ages 9 and 10, were riding bikes to school when a man got out of his car, stopped one child on her bike and offered a ride to school; she refused and the children got away.
• A man in a green Mercedes exposed himself as a 10-year-old was walking to school, then drove away.

Baboolal has been charged with indecent exposure.

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