Police: Light rail masturbator may have struck before SeaTac man accused of twice masturbating in front of passengers, suspected in third incident

Passengers ride Link light rail during the kickoff of service on Saturday July 18, 2009. Passengers ride Link light rail during the kickoff of service on Saturday July 18, 2009. Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Seattlepi.com Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Seattlepi.com Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Police: Light rail masturbator may have struck before 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A SeaTac man suspected of masturbating in front of others on Sound Transit light rail trains has been charged with indecent exposure.

Formally accused in two incidents, Segrio Davila-Sanchez is suspected of exposing himself to women on the train at least once before. Davila-Sanchez, 26, was previously convicted of masturbating in front of a woman and two children while living in Texas.

In the current case, a woman was riding north from the SeaTac Link Light Rail station at 7 a.m. when a man since identified as Davila-Sancehz sat across from her.

Glancing at Davila-Sanchez, the woman saw he’d exposed himself entirely, she told King County Sheriff’s Office investigators.

“Dude, what the (expletive)?” the woman pointedly asked Davila-Sanchez, according to charging documents.

Davila-Sanchez continued to masturbate as the woman shouted at him but eventually zipped up his pants before leaving the train at the Rainier Beach station, a King County detective said in charging papers. He was arrested shortly thereafter and was later identified by the woman.

Following his arrest, investigators identified Davila-Sanchez as a suspect in a Dec. 30 flashing aboard a Link train.

In that incident, Davila-Sanchez is alleged to have sat down next to a woman and started masturbating. The woman confronted Davila-Sanchez, who tried to convince her she was sleeping, according to charging papers.

That woman has since identified Davila-Sanchez as her assailant, according to charging papers. Davila-Sanchez has been charged with indecent exposure in the Dec. 30 and March 2 incidents.

Writing the court, King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor said Davila-Sanchez is suspected of accosting another woman on a light rail train. Investigators have not yet been able to reach that woman.

Davila-Sanchez was already facing misdemeanor assault charges in an Aug. 28 incident during which he’s alleged to have grabbed a woman in a sexual manner. He remains jailed on $120,000 bail.

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