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Parma Heights police are looking for a man after he fondled himself in front of children Monday afternoon.

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PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Police are looking for a man who fondled himself in front of children as they returned home from school, authorities say.

The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday on Olde York Road just south of Manorford Drive, according to a police report.

A man told officers that three of his children and one of their friends were walking southbound from their bus stop when they noticed an older light-blue car slow down and stop at the bottom of their driveway, the report says.

The children told police the man wasn't wearing pants or underwear and was "playing with himself," according to the police report. They described him as an older heavy man with gray hair and no facial hair.

Police searched the neighborhood and found a car matching the description but the children said that they did not think it was the same car.

"We will continue to monitor the area in which this took place and would encourage anyone with any possible information to contact our detective bureau," Parma Heights Det. Sgt. Steve Scharschmidt said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Parma Heights detective bureau at 440-884-1100.

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