STUART — A bicyclist got locked up after what police said was a public self-pleasuring session at Shepard Park, an affidavit states.

The case of the cyclist who apparently couldn’t keep his hands off himself happened Aug. 17 at the public park in the 600 block of Southwest Ocean Boulevard in Stuart.

A woman told police about 11 a.m. she was sitting in her car when she noticed a man on his bicycle masturbating “in plain view.”

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The woman said the man, later identified as a 19-year-old Stuart resident, was staring at another person bent over while photographing a dog.

The woman also said she took pictures of the man engaged in the self-gratification situation.

The woman told police that children younger than 16 were playing within 100 feet of the alleged self-fondling velocipedist.

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The woman said the man pedaled away after she yelled at him.

Police reported finding the man bicycling along Southeast Lonita Street. Investigators said he had a pipe with marijuana residue in his backpack.

He was jailed on charges including lewd or lascivious exhibition and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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