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RAVENNA, Ohio -- A Pennsylvania man was arrested Friday in Portage County after he exposed and fondled himself at a state park picnic area, then ran away from sheriff’s deputies, the Portage County Sheriff’s Office said.

Police arrested the 58-year-old man BJuly 27 in Picnic Area B of West Branch State Park on the 5500 block of Marina Drive in Charlestown. He faces a second-degree misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest and a third-degree misdemeanor charge of public indecency.

The arrest report says the man, who lives in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, engaged in conduct that “to an ordinary observer” would appear to be sexual conduct or masturbation. He “did fondle his genital area for several minutes,” according to an arrest report.

Then the man ran away after deputies told him that he was under arrest, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they have been eyeing that area of West Branch State Park after multiple complaints. Two other men were arrested earlier this month on public indecency and voyeurism charges related to similar incidents in the park's picnic areas.

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