Police Say a 72-Year-Old Man Exposed Himself to Girls at Library

Livingston police arrested a 72-year-old man on Monday who allegedly exposed himself to four girls at the Livingston Library.

According to Det. Sgt. Anthony Dippold, the man was reading a newspaper in the back area of the library last Thursday afternoon when he began talking with the girls, ages 11 and 12. The man then allegedly raised the newspaper and exposed his genitals. Library surveillance video captured the man, Dippold said.

Raymond Witwick, 72, of East Hanover was arrested after he returned to the library Monday and was recognized by a library staff member, Dippold said.

In New Jersey, a lewdness offense is typically a disorderly persons offense. But Witwick was charged with the more serious lewdness in the fourth degree because the girls are under the age of 13, Dippold said.

Witwick was released on his own recognizance, pending a court appearance in Essex County Superior Court.