Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Exposing Himself in Giant Eagle Parking Lot
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A Northfield man faces a charge of public indecency after a 58-year-old Solon woman said he exposed himself to her while he was sitting in his car in the Giant Eagle parking lot, according to .
Matthew D. Thomas, 25, of Northfield, faces a charge of public indecency, a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
The woman called police on Sept. 2 at about 2:13 p.m. and told dispatch that she had been backing out of her parking spot when she noticed a man in the car next to hers exposing himself to her. The woman was able to get the man's license plate number, the police report says.
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According to the police report, Thomas was arrested after he was pulled over for driving through a stop sign. The call from the woman came in during the traffic stop, and once police realized he was the suspect, he was arrested and charged.
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