Ferndale police searching for man who exposed, touched himself in front of woman

Caroline Blackmon | Detroit Free Press

Ferndale police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman and masturbated in front of her outside the Blumz by JRDesigns store in Ferndale, according to a news release and local news reports.

The incident happened around 5 p.m. Sunday at 503 East 9 Mile, near Paxton Street, WKBD-TV (Channel 2) is reporting. When the woman arrived at the store, a man was sitting on a rock near the entrance, the news release said. The suspect started a conversation with her saying he lived in Ferndale. He told her his name was Nick.

The release said that when the woman left the store, the man asked her, "What do you think?" That's when she noticed he had exposed himself and begun masturbating. The suspect asked her to watch him.

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The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, about 6-foot-2, thinly built, with dark hair, according to the release. He was wearing a blue bandana, John Lennon-style glasses and a SpongeBob SquarePants shirt with a picture of a crabby patty on it.

On Sunday June 17, 2018 at approximately 5:15 p.m. a man exposed his genitals to a woman near the corner of E Nine Mile and Paxton. If you recognize the man depicted here plz call @FerndaleMich PD or @MIcrimestoppers @ 800 SPEAK UP pic.twitter.com/DB0oqOAxVw — Ferndale Police Dept (@FerndalePolice) June 20, 2018

The department is asking anyone with information to call 248-541-3650 (option 5).