Man arrested for Lewd & Lascivious Behaviour

Something has been in the air in Madison. In the recent two weeks a number of exposures and sex crimes have been witnessed around town. One involved a suspect taking pictures up skirts, another involved a man masturbating in his car, and a third – as previously discussed on MadCrime101 – involved a man masturbating at James Madison Park. As the trend continues with more reports from police this morning, it is rather disturbing and unsettling.

This time, they made an arrest for Lewd & Lascivious Behavior. It is important to take a moment to remind readers that our information comes from the police report. Anyone who is charged with a crime is still innocent until proven guilty. Tyler J. Schmidt, 21, was picked up due to the alleged following circumstances in the police report:

“…a woman walking near Langdon Street reported that while walking past an open garage in the 600 block of Howard Court she saw something that disturbed her. A man had dropped his shorts and was standing inside the garage watching her while masturbating. The suspect was still in the area when police arrived and was arrested for L & L.”

It is unclear if Schmidt was the perpetrator in an incident roughly two miles away on June 13:

Address	100 Block N. Dickenson St.
Arrested person/suspect	Male, White 5’9″ Short brown hair, trimmed beard Wearing an unknown shirt
Victim/Injuries	Female, Age 17
Details	On Wednesday of last week, a 17 year old young woman reported that she was walking along N. Dickenson street, around a quarter past eight in the morning, when she heard someone coughing loudly. She turned and looked and observed the suspect looking at him. He was naked from the waste down. She says he remained in this state of undress following her for 1/2 a block.

Schmidt, at the age of 21, does not match the description of the perps described in the cases posted in the first paragraph. Citizens are encouraged to be alert – and heck, if you see some jerk creepily rubbing one out in public and he doesn’t look too dangerous (especially if his pants are around his ankles and he is far enough away), put your camera phones to use.