Crime & Safety

Melrose Man Allegedly Masturbates in Parked Car in Somerville

A neighboring couple called police after allegedly witnessing the man in the act.

A Melrose man allegedly masturbated in his Toyota Tercel on Sunday evening while he was parked on Wallace Street near Davis Square in Somerville.

Tyler Jacquard, 28, of 11 Beacon Place, was arrested by Somerville Police at about 8 p.m. Sunday, July 13, and charged with open and gross lewdness.

An officer responded to the scene after a Wallace Street couple allegedly witnessed Jacquard in the act and called 911. Jacquard attempted to drive away just as police arrived but was pulled over on Wallace Street. Wallace Street is a one-way street from Broadway to Holland Street.

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