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August 27, 2008

Police seek indecent exposure suspect

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -
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Purdue police are looking a man who exposed himself to a female student in the Humanities, Social Science & Education Library on Wednesday (Aug. 27) evening.

The female student told police that at about 7:30 p.m. she was in the third-floor stacks area of the library when a man exposed himself. After the incident, the man left the library in an unknown direction.

The student described the suspect as being in his mid 30s, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, and weighing about 160 pounds. He reportedly was wearing a blue-green T-shirt, light-colored jeans, tennis shoes and a blue baseball-style cap. The suspect has dirty blonde hair, a mustache and scruffy facial hair.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Purdue Police Department at (765) 494-8221.

Writer: J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371, jwillis1@purdue.edu

Source: Det. Sgt. Matthew Wietbrock, (765) 494-8221

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