Police: Man Exposed Himself To Teen In L.I. Mall Parking Lot

MEDFORD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A man has been arrested and charged with exposing himself to a teenage girl in a Suffolk County mall parking lot.

Justin Curry, 35, was arrested Sunday night in connection with the incident on June 6.

Around 2 p.m. that day, the suspect was sitting in his gray 2013 Chevrolet Cruz in the parking lot at Sunshine Square, at 700 Patchogue-Medford Rd., police said.

The man called the 18-year-old over, and when she approached, he exposed himself and performed a lewd act, police said.

The victim fled and called police.

An investigation by Suffolk County police Fifth Squad detectives led to Curry, of Medford, who was arrested around 9 p.m. Sunday and charged with misdemeanor public lewdness.

Curry appeared in court Monday in Central Islip.

Anyone with information regarding this or similar incidents was asked to call the Suffolk County police Fifth Squad at (631) 854-8852.