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Tosheen Karon Shawell, 32, was arrested after police said he masturbated in front of a woman at a Lancaster laundromat on Wednesday morning.

(Lancaster Police Department. )

He apparently wasn't tossing his pants in the washer.

Tosheen Karon Shawell was arrested because he allegedly exposed himself to a woman and then masturbated in front of her at a Lancaster Laundromat Wednesday morning.

Police responded to the report of a man exposing himself at Charles Laundromat, 425 E. Orange St., at 8:26 a.m.

Officer Derek Kanuck spotted Shawell, 32, who matched the description of the suspect, in the 100 block of Sherman Street. When Kanuck tried to stop Shawell, he took off on foot, jumping fences and running through backyards, police said.

Police caught up with Shawell as he tried to hide in backyard bushes in the 500 block of East Marion Street.

He was arrested after he was positively identified as the man who committed the lewd act, police said.

Shawell, who police said has no permanent address, also allegedly was found with a small amount of marijuana.

He was charged with indecent exposure, open lewdness and marijuana possession.

Shawell was sent to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.