WOODFORD, Vt. — A Vermont man was arrested Friday after people were alleged to have seen him masturbating while driving down Route 9, according to police.

Paul J. Lambert, 53, of Bennington, was taken into custody Friday morning on charges of lewd and lascivious conduct (public masturbation), negligent operation of a motor vehicle and providing false information to law enforcement.

At approximately 2 a.m., a concerned caller in Woodford dialed 911 after allegedly seeing a man standing on the side of the road, naked, wearing a black wig, and masturbating.

Then, while troopers were headed to the site of the complaint, the same caller dialed 911 again to report that the individual had just gotten into a car and had drove past them. The caller alleged the man was still masturbating and could be seen driving toward Bennington.

Troopers eventually found the car in question and stopped it. The operator, Lambert, was taken into custody and processed at the Shaftsbury barracks. Troopers believed him to be the suspect in question after Lambert reportedly lied to them about his whereabouts earlier in the evening, and after inspection of his vehicle led them to believe he was the party responsible.

After processing, Lambert was subsequently released and ordered to appear in Bennington County Superior Court on June 13, 2016.