A 44-year-old Alexandria man awaiting trial in Arlington for indecent exposure and simulated masturbation is now being held without bond for allegedly committing similar offenses in Alexandria.
On February 27, a customer at a bar in the 700 block of King Street in Old Town reportedly noticed that a man at the bar with a baseball cap and gray hoodie pulled his penis out of his pants and was masturbating. According to a recently released search warrant affidavit, the customer took a video of the incident and reported it to employees.
On March 3, a customer at another bar in the 1300 block of King Street reported that a man wearing a baseball cap and yellow hoodie was openly masturbating as he approached and asked for a cigarette.
“When (the second victim) approached, she noted the male had his penis out of his pants and was masturbating,” according to the search warrant affidavit. “While (the victim) was reporting the incident to other employees, the subject paid his bill and then left the bar.”
Police found that the suspect used a Cash App credit card belonging to the suspect’s mother. They also found that the suspect was arrested last year in Arlington and goes to court later this month on two counts of simulated masturbation, as well as fleeing from law enforcement, indecent exposure, and defrauding a hotel/motel of less than $1,000.
The suspect was arrested on March 13. For the Alexandria charges, the suspect faces two counts of indecent exposure and two counts of obscene simulated masturbation, all Class 1 misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in prison and/or a $2,500 fine for each count.
