Child molester caught masturbating in police parking lot

A convicted child molester was arrested Wednesday morning after police say they found him masturbating in the parking lot of the Indiana State Excise Police district office.

Joshua L. King, 35, of Indianapolis, was booked into the Marion County Jail on the preliminary charge of public indecency following the incident in the 6400 block of East 30th Street in Indianapolis.

Cpl. Brandon Thomas of the Indiana State Excise Police said officers spotted King performing the sexual act while sitting on a bench located in the parking lot. Passing vehicles could see him in plain view, and a city bus stop is located at the same intersection.

Marion County Court records indicate that King has two felony convictions for child molestation and one felony conviction for sexual battery, Thomas said.

Online jail records indicate that no bond has been set in the case.

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