Man Did Lewd Acts During ‘The Emoji Movie’ In Howell: Cops

A search is underway for a man who allegedly performed lewd acts while watching "The Emoji Movie" at a New Jersey movie theater on Friday.

A woman watching the movie with her children at the Xscape Movie Theater on Route 9 in Howell witnessed the man performing lewd acts with his hands down his pants, police said.

The woman said the man was seated alone in the back row of the theater with his pants unbuttoned and unzipped, pleasuring himself, police said.

The theater’s manager asked the man to leave, and the woman reported the incident to police before going home with her children, police said.

The man is described as heavyset, in his 20s or 30s, wearing a white dress shirt, black pants. The man had facial hair and was wearing a yarmulke.

Anyone with information is asked to call Howell police Detective Janet Benitez at 732-938-4575 ext. 2885 or email her a jbenitez@howellpolice.org. Anonymous tips can also be submitted at www.p3tips.com.

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