Masturbator zips away
Published Feb. 13, 2007
An unidentified man was caught with his pants down in Greektown on Feb. 7 and 8 near Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house.
The man was first seen parked on the east side of Maryland Avenue, north of Kentucky Boulevard, MU Police Capt. Brian Weimer said.
Police are now classifying the investigation as a sex-offense investigation after a witness supplied additional information.
"They approached the vehicle and observed that the male was not wearing any pants and that he was masturbating," Weimer said.
The investigation is being classified as a sex-offense investigation because the man's testicles were visible to the individuals who reported him to MU police.
Witnesses of the initial event on Feb. 7 described the individual as a white male, 35-45 years old with light hair and glasses.
Junior Catherine Blair said she saw the man parked outside of her sorority house and was one of the witnesses who called police.
"I was looking out my window to look for friends for class, and I just happened to look down and saw him in his car," Blair said.
Blair said the man was parked the wrong direction on the street with his driver's side door closest to the sorority house.
Blair said she saw the man drive off toward the Jones residence hall parking lot but couldn't see exactly where he went.
The second sighting of the man occurred the morning of Feb. 8, and he was seen a third time later that afternoon. The individuals who reported the man were able to take a picture of his vehicle with a cell phone camera. The vehicle is described as a small silver or white sport utility vehicle with an out-of-state license plate.
Members of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority received an e-mail from another member of the sorority to raise awareness of the incident following the second and third appearance of the man.
Weimer said that due to the proximity in event times, as well as the car descriptions, the two events are most likely related.