Repeat flasher going to trial in Danbury

DANBURY — A man who authorities say has been exposing himself to waitresses for more than a decade is headed to trial Tuesday on public indecency charges.

The jury has already been selected for the trial of Jose Luis Rodriguez, 46, who is charged with public indecency and breach of peace. Police said he exposed himself to a waitress at the Blue Colony Diner in Newtown in September 2006.

Prosecutors were prepared for a trial in 2009, but Rodriguez failed to appear in court. Authorities didn’t pick him up again until January 2015, during a motor vehicle stop. State police discovered that he was still wanted on the earlier charge. His last known address was in Hartford, according to court documents.

Rodriguez had exposed himself on numerous occasions, including an incident in May 2006, when police said he exposed himself to a waitress at a truck stop in Southington, according to court documents.

At the time, the victim said Rodriguez had ordered a cup of coffee, and when she returned to refill it, he leaned back so that she could see his genitals, court records state.

In March 2005, he was also accused of exposing himself to both a bartender and a waitress at the Rain Forest Cafe inside the Westfarms Mall in New Britain — and again at a Denny’s restaurant in Southington in June 2009.

Rodriguez was found guilty of second-degree breach of peace for the incident at the Southington truck stop and was given a six-month suspended prison sentence.

Rodriguez was also known to use the alias Guillermo Hernandez, authorities said. He was free on a $20,000 bond and is expected to appear in Superior Court in Danbury at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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