MadCrime101

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:

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.