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New Castle County Police investigating indecent exposure incident in park near Newark
New Castle County police are looking for a suspect in a June 27 indecent exposure incident near Newark.
Police responded to Brookside Park, in the 100 block of Old Newark Road, around 2:15 p.m. and spoke with a 12-year-old victim and his parents.
The child said he saw a white male suspect standing near the footbridge that leads to Carlisle Road and Cameron Lane, a police news release said, "watching him before exposing himself."
Police checked the surrounding area but could not locate the suspect, whom the child described as approximately 40 - 45 years old and about 6 feet tall with an average build, police said. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, black shorts and a red baseball cap with black stitching. The suspect may also have a red bicycle, according to police.
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Anyone with information or surveillance footage related to this incident should contact Det. Weldon at 302-395-2815 or or by calling the New Castle County Division of Police non-emergency number at 302-573-2800. You can also contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or send the New Castle County Division of Police a Facebook message.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Police looking for Newark-area indecent exposure suspect
