Man Follows Girls, Masturbates in Parking Lot

Lansdale Police are searching for a man who followed two teenage girls from the at Main Street and Cannon Avenue, drove past them, pulled into a parking lot at Fourth Street and Cannon Avenue, got out of the pickup, stood in the parking lot, and masturbated.

On Sunday, Jan. 8, at 4:15 p.m., police were called to the area of W. Fourth Street and N. Cannon Avenue for a report of indecent exposure.

Police made contact with two teenage girls who told them that they noticed a black pickup truck that appeared to be following them as they walked to the 7-11 store at W. Main Street and Cannon Avenue, police said.

The girls told police they went inside the store and, upon leaving, they began walking north on Cannon Avenue, police said.

Upon reaching Mill Street, behind 7-11, they noticed the same truck parked on the side of the road.

The driver was described as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing a red baseball hat, sunglasses and a dark hoodie.

The two girls continued to walk north on N. Cannon Avenue toward W. Fourth Street.

They saw the driver standing in a parking lot at Fourth and Cannon, masturbating, police said.

One of the girls called 911, police said.

Upon going back to the location where the suspect was last seen, police found he and the truck were no longer there.

If you have seen the suspect as described, or know any further information, contact Lansdale Police at (215) 368-1801.