Teh One Who Knocks
08-08-2011, 02:26 PM
By JAMES A. KIMBLE - Union Leader Correspondent
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SALEM — A Lowell, Mass., man who put on women’s clothing, lipstick and makeup is facing an indecent exposure charge for lifting his skirt and exposing himself to shoppers at the Mall at Rockingham Park, police said.
Edward Gavin, 58, was arrested Thursday afternoon by Salem police at 4:09 p.m. after employees and mall security called them to complain.
“He was sitting in a general area of the mall,” in a public seating area, Deputy Chief Shawn Patten said.
Witnesses told police that a man dressed in a skirt, make-up, earrings, a wig and pantyhose was sitting in a chair outside the Macy’s department store near the Earth and Sky Bar, according to Patten.
He said the area — located on the first floor — has a public seating area near mall kiosks.
Officers at the scene were told that the man — later identified as Gavin — repeatedly spread his legs, lifted his skirt and exposed himself through the cut-open pantyhose, Patten said.
A janitor and two employees working at a mall kiosk first noticed the man and informed mall security who in turn called Salem police, Patten said.
Gavin was taken into custody without incident, Patten said.
He was charged with a Class A misdemeanor of indecent exposure. The charge is punishable by up to a year in county jail and a $2,000 fine.
Gavin was booked and later released from police custody on $340 cash bail.
He will have to appear for arraignment in Salem District Court.
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SALEM — A Lowell, Mass., man who put on women’s clothing, lipstick and makeup is facing an indecent exposure charge for lifting his skirt and exposing himself to shoppers at the Mall at Rockingham Park, police said.
Edward Gavin, 58, was arrested Thursday afternoon by Salem police at 4:09 p.m. after employees and mall security called them to complain.
“He was sitting in a general area of the mall,” in a public seating area, Deputy Chief Shawn Patten said.
Witnesses told police that a man dressed in a skirt, make-up, earrings, a wig and pantyhose was sitting in a chair outside the Macy’s department store near the Earth and Sky Bar, according to Patten.
He said the area — located on the first floor — has a public seating area near mall kiosks.
Officers at the scene were told that the man — later identified as Gavin — repeatedly spread his legs, lifted his skirt and exposed himself through the cut-open pantyhose, Patten said.
A janitor and two employees working at a mall kiosk first noticed the man and informed mall security who in turn called Salem police, Patten said.
Gavin was taken into custody without incident, Patten said.
He was charged with a Class A misdemeanor of indecent exposure. The charge is punishable by up to a year in county jail and a $2,000 fine.
Gavin was booked and later released from police custody on $340 cash bail.
He will have to appear for arraignment in Salem District Court.