FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth man who allegedly was chased down by a woman with a BB gun because he was masturbating on her porch pleaded not guilty to resulting charges in Falmouth District Court on Friday.

Darryl Weathers, 21, was charged with open and gross lewdness, disorderly conduct and carrying a dangerous weapon.

A woman called police Wednesday saying a man was masturbating in front of her daughter from their back porch near Martin Road, according to a police report.

When the woman called for her dog, the man, who was carrying a skateboard, ran into nearby woods, according to the report. The woman followed but lost him in the woods. She told police she drove along the road in her truck looking for him while calling 911. When she saw him, she pointed the BB gun at him, told him to stop and had him lie on the ground until police arrived, according to the report.

When police asked the woman why she felt the need to follow the man while armed with a BB gun, she told them that she had an experience with a “Peeping Tom” in the past who had terrorized her neighborhood and she did not want this instance to escalate, the report says.

Weathers was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court for a pretrial hearing Dec. 15.