Glen Cove Man Indicted for Exposing Himself to Children in Supermarket

A Glen Cove man was indicted for exposing himself to three children at a Glen Cove supermarket on more than one occasion, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced Thursday.

Edward Ramirez, 43, was arrested in December after police said he exposed himself to two young sisters and forced one of them to touch him while the girls’ mother was in an adjacent aisle at the store on Nov. 24, 2014.

According to police, Ramirez exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl while looking directly at her. When the girl ran to the adjacent aisle to tell her mother what happened, Ramirez then exposed himself to the girl’s 5-year-old sister and forced her to touch him, police said.

Following his arrest, another family came forward and told police that Ramirez allegedly exposed himself to an 8-year-old girl in the same supermarket during summer of 2014.

Ramirez was arraigned on the following charges:

• One count of first degree sexual abuse (a D felony)
• Three counts of endangering the welfare of a child (an A misdemeanor)
• Two counts of first degree public lewdness (an A misdemeanor)

His bail is set at $60,000 bond or $60,000 cash. He faces a maximum of seven years in prison if convicted of the top charge

Ramirez was most recently arrested in late June for planting a recording cellphone inside the women’s bathroom of a Glen Head restaurant, police said. He was charged with second degree unlawful surveillance for this particular incident.

Ramirez is due back in court on Monday, Aug. 24.