This story has been updated to reflect the defendant's correct bail conditions.

SPRINGFIELD -- It was late Thursday and Vix A. Bodziak was returning from a Springfield strip club with a rolled up tube sock stuffed in his pants.

Just before midnight, he walked into a McDonald's restaurant in West Springfield, sat down at a table and began masturbating in front of three teenage girls sitting across from him, according to a police report.

Vix A. Bodziak

When the girls called 911, Bodziak was arrested -- and not for the first time. Since 1972, he has been charged 11 times with indecent exposure or lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct, with the most recent charge being resolved two months ago with a guilty plea, the arrest report said.

In that case, he was sentenced to 18 months probation after admitting to masturbating in front of two women last summer outside of a Springfield club. A tube sock stuffed with paper towels and knotted at the end was discovered in Bodziak's pants following his arrest, court records show.

On Friday, Bodziak, 70, of Springfield, pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court to a new charge of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct, and was released on the same $1,000 cash bail he posted at West Springfield police headquarters following his arrest.

Defense lawyer Jeremy Bamford said his client went to a Springfield strip Thursday night with a tube sock stuffed in his pants "to look sexy."

Later, as he sat at McDonald's, the sock became uncomfortable, causing him to periodically adjust it in his pants, according to Bamford, who said his client denied masturbating in the restaurant.

While Bodziak does have an extensive criminal record, most of the charges date to the 1970s and 1980s. Before the two recent arrests, Bodziak had avoided legal trouble for 30 years, Bamford said.

In statements to police, the girls said they were sitting in a booth at McDonald's around 11:40 p.m. when they noticed a man at a nearby table holding a newspaper in front of his face. The man sat there for several minutes, without ordering food or lowering the newspaper, the girls said.

"He began pleasuring himself and we picked up our food very quickly and left," one girl said. "I was disgusted by this," she added.

When police arrived, they questioned Bodziak and found six open bottles of hand lotion in his car. At headquarters, he removed a white tube sock stuffed with napkins and tied off in a knot from the front of his pants. "The sock was photographed and the pictures were tagged as evidence," the report said.

Bodziak is due back in court on May 19 on the new charge.

Under release conditions imposed by Judge John Payne, he must remain drug and alcohol free and report to the probation department twice a week.

The new arrest also triggered a probation violation notice in the 2016 case. A violation hearing will be held in the next few week.