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Police: Serial exposer on the loose in Brookline near BU
By adamg on Tue, 04/07/2015 - 4:01pm
Brookline Police report a man not worried has exposed himself six times to women on streets south of the BU campus roughly between Babcock and Pleasant streets since early January.
Two occurred on January 5th, one on January 20th, three on April 5th. The incidents have occurred in the north Brookline area. We believe these incidents are related, they happened In the vicinity of Babcock Street, Pleasant Street, Freeman Streets and James Street.
He's described as a white guy in his mid-20s with brown/blond hair and 5'10" with a thin build. He wears glasses, prefers to unzip between 4 and 9 p.m. and has not physically assaulted any of the women he's approached.
Police say they've stepped up patrols in the area.
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Comments
Best way to stop him: When he
Best way to stop him: When he does this in your presence say "That looks like a penis, only smaller". :D
Better way to stop it:
The advice my wife and I gave our daughter is to act completely nonplussed - he's just as likely to be looking to be shamed as to be adored. So just move along. Cross the street. Turn around and go into the nearest shop. That sort of thing. Then tell the police. I'd say get a picture (of his face), but certainly wait until you're absolutely sure of your safety. Although he's apparently not been violent or anything in his previous outings, it might be better to avoid doing anything that might make him feel like he has to act to protect himself.
Yea, some guy was showing off
Yea, some guy was showing off his hog on the subway earlier
Wouldn't it be awesome if he
Wouldn't it be awesome if he did it to female undercover cop? Ahh haaaa haaa
Relax, it's a political statement
#FreeThePenis
of course
of course he's doing this near Babcock street...
Couldn't he use use a webcam site instead?
if he wants to expose himself to women?
Um
wut?
Unless you are talking about those "women in Arlington are waiting to chat with you" ads.
I'll explain
When most people hear about a street flasher they are upset about the sexual nature of it. Our friend in Arlington is OK with the sex part but upset the guy was on foot.
Yes, I'm upset with the illegal part
that he is displaying criminal lewd behavior in public. He may satisfy his psychological need for an exhibitionist thrill in ways that are not illegal and coercive via webcam as one alternative. I would be upset if the victims had felt threatened by the perp, but that doesn't seem to be the case - he flashed then ran off. FOX25 interviewed one, and she seemed more entertained by the experience than traumatized.
I suppose I would feel sorry for those who feel shame about human sexuality and nudity.
This guy's behavior may be comical in a sence,
but it should recognized it's a symptom a serious disorder. Such behavior shows a serious lack of impulse control. It's certainly possible it could escalate beyond flashing in public.
Rarely does....
My father is a retired police officer, who dealt with this sort of offender for many years. His experience was that this sort of individual did not typically go on to more serious offenses.