74-Year-Old N. Babylon Man Tried To Lure Girl Into Car, Exposed Himself: Police

A 74-year-old North Babylon man is accused of stalking young girls, inviting one into his car and exposing himself to another, Suffolk Police say.

First Precinct Squad detectives conducted an investigation after a father of two young girls reported that a man had been stalking girls in his Wyandanch neighborhood repeatedly between July 5 and July 9.

Police say Jeffrey Bernstein, who is a registered sex offender, drove through the area around South 23rd Street slowly and stopped on repeated occasions, staring at young girls for long periods of time. On one occasion, he attempted to entice a girl into his vehicle with a bag of chips, according to police. In another instance, he exposed himself, police say.

Bernstein, of 915 Sunrise Highway in North Babylon, was arrested Monday night and charged with three counts of second degree stalking, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of public lewdness. He was held overnight at the First Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Tuesday.

Bernstein was convicted in 2011 of attempting to lure a child into a vehicle and sentenced to six months in jail.