There were two indecent exposure incidents in the past two days, one at the Pinehurst Playground and one at Lakeside. Watch out for this guy. From the SPD blotter:
Suspect may be involved in 2 exposing incidents
Posted by Detective Renee Witt
On 10/2/11, at approximately 5:00 p.m., two 13-year-old females, were swinging on the swings at the Pinehurst playfield in the 12000 block of 14 Av NE, when the suspect walked up to the them and made a comment. When the victims turned to look at the suspect he had his genitals exposed and was masturbating. The suspect then ran away southbound on 14 Ave NE. The victims ran to a nearby convenience store and reported the incident to an off duty officer. An area check for the suspect was negative. The suspect is described as a white male, 22-29 years old, fair complexion, slim build, goatee and black hair. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a white design on the back, and black dress slacks.
On Oct-03-2011, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the complainant reported that three female students reported to him that a man “exposed” himself to several girls on the school’s soccer field in the 14000 block of 1 AV NE ,as they started practice. The male ran off when some of the girls screamed. The suspect was seen getting into a vehicle parked on 1 Av NE just south of NE 145.
The suspect is described as a white male, 30-39 years old, approximately 5 feet- 10 inches tall, thin narrow face, fair complexion, slim build, brown hair, blue eyes, bushy or thick eyebrows, and a goatee. The suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and black pants.
The suspect was seen driving away in an older, light colored, small 4-door sedan. The first letter of the license plate may be “A”.
Anyone with information about the suspect or vehicle is asked to call 911.
Thanks for the info! I was wondering about all the police cars that have been cruising up and down 14th since Sunday afternoon. They’re certainly making their presence known. Good to know what to be on the lookout for. Hope they catch this creep!
At the North Precinct Advisory Council tonight we were told there were several descriptions of the getaway car: light gold older car such as a Lincoln, or a Toyota Corolla.
I saw the guy, and now I understand why he parked his car by my house and left it running, then headed to the park and then came back and took off. Okay, I have the make the car and the license plate……I am going to call the police.
My wife and I both saw the guy at 4:50 PM and thought he looked suspicious, because he was wearing a hoodie, left his car running in front of our neighbor’s home, and took off towards the park. He fit the description in the blog: caucasian male, probably in his twenties (hard to say), slim build and goatee. No, the car he was driving was a silver Kia Sephia and I took the complete license number that day. I am able to do so with complete confidence, because it was just sitting there in front of my neighbor’s home (who was not at home) and I actually walked up to the car, wrote down the plate number and the color/make/model. I have reported it to the police.
From all of your neighbors, THANK YOU ERIC!!!
You are a shining example of what everyone should do in a situation like that!
Oct 11 the police put out a bulletin with a sketch and asking for help finding the guy:
http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2011/10/11/detectives-seek-publics-assistance-in-locating-an-exposer/
It looks like he has been arrested: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Police-Seattle-public-masturbator-arrested-2224403.php
It sounds like Eric’s reporting of the licence led to the arrest. Glad they finally followed up on it. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016564531_indecent21m.html