Half-Naked Man Spotted Taking Pictures of Kids at Brookline Park

Brookline police are looking for man seen touching himself while apparently taking pictures of children at a Brookline summer camp.

A man working in a Beacon Street building on July 15 told police he was returning to his car when he noticed a man holding his penis in his hand and carrying a camera with a long lens, according to a Brookline Police Department report. The witness said he could not see the man's pants and believed he was taking pictures of children attending summer camp at Amory Playground.

The witness described the flasher as a white man in his late 40s to early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair pulled back into a ponytail. A park employee told police she had seen the same man several hours earlier wearing khaki pants and that he regularly walks his dog in the park between 6:30 and 7 a.m.

Another witness contacted police to report that a man fitting the same description had approached her and asked to take pictures of her children around the same time. The woman told the man he could not and he reportedly left the area.

The incident marks the third case of indecent exposure in Brookline this month. On July 9, a 58-year-old Brookline man was arrested on Longwood Avenue after he was spotted wearing a long shirt but no pants. On July 1, a 23-year-old Babson College student was arrested in Knyvet Park after he allegedly flashed his genitals at a passing bicyclist.