Crime & Safety

Peeping Tom Masturbates Outside Groveton Home: Police

Sex offender violations are among the charges the man faces.

A registered sex offender from Alexandria is facing new charges after allegedly masturbating in front of a home in Groveton Saturday evening.

Around 6:28 p.m., a resident in the 3500 block of Holly Hill Road spotted the shirtless man masturbating outside the home's window. When the victim called police, the man fled to a nearby laundry room.

Fairfax County officers arrested and charged Harry Ross, 28, with peeping, indecent exposure, trespassing and two counts of sex offender violations.

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Ross was convicted in 2013 in Fairfax County Circuit Court for carnal knowledge of a child between thirteen and fifteen years of age.


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