SCHENECTADY — Schenectady police are asking for the public's help finding a man who has been witnessed masturbating and harassing people around Central Park.

Police have received reports of a man yelling or creating noise to gain the attention of passersby, who then observed him engaged in lewd acts. The last known sighting of the man was in a wooded area of the park near the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Central Parkway around 7 a.m. Thursday.