Police Nab Westwood's Suspected Serial Flasher

WESTWOOD, CA —Police arrested a 40-year-old probationer suspected of being the serial flasher targeting students at UCLA Thursday.

Authorities believe Anton Floyd is the man who repeatedly exposed himself to students near UCLA over the last two months.

According to UCLA Police Department Lt. Kevin Kilgore, a man was seen over the course of the last two months masturbating in a vehicle after speaking with female students. The incidents happened in the area of Midvale Avenue between Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue. All the victims were UCLA students.

A sketch of the suspect was distributed to the news media on Tuesday and police arrested suspect Anton Floyd on Thursday near the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Calvert Street in Van Nuys, Kilgore said.

"Floyd was booked for six counts of indecent exposure and one probation violation," Kilgore said, adding that the suspect's bail was set at $70,000.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about Floyd or other exposure incidents was urged to call UCLA Police Department detectives at (310) 825-9371.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Sketch of the flasher provided by the UCLA Police Department