A New Jersey man has been accused of exposing himself while standing on the front lawn of a home.

Joseph P. Dube, 36, of Beverly, New Jersey, was charged via summons on Tuesday with indecent exposure, open lewdness, and disorderly conduct.

According to court papers, a woman reported to Bristol Borough police on Sunday, January 12 that she was walking her dog in the 1100 block of Radcliffe Street when she spotted a man in mesh basketball shorts with his penis over top of the shorts. He was reported to be masturbating while watching her. She said she called her boyfriend and did not wish to walk past the man because her apartment was in that direction.

Last week, a detective made contact with Dube in the 1100 block of Radcliffe Street. He told a detective that he believed police were there because someone was exposing themselves, police said.

At the police station, Dube said he was smoking a cigarette alone outside of a Radcliffe Street residence and had his pants down, but he did not expose himself, police wrote in court papers.

A few minutes later, he recalled applying lotion to his groin area while along Radcliffe Street on January 12 as a woman walked past. He blamed the need for lotion on the fact his testicles were raw, police said.

Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.

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