Hartly Man Arrested for Exposing Himself

Hartly, DE- The Delaware State Police have charged an 18-year old man for exposing himself while at the Hartly Learning Daycare Center and the Hartly Elementary School.

 

On Tuesday July 7, 2015 at approximately 4:40 p.m. an employee of the Hartly Elementary School was cutting grass on the school property along the roadway when she observed a red two door vehicle, which had been traveling north on Arthursville Road, pull over onto the shoulder directly across from her.  A male suspect, who was seated in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, opened the door with no pants on and exposed himself to the school employee. The suspect then began to touch himself in an inappropriate manner. The employee called 9-1-1 and the suspect drove off in an eastbound direction on Hartly Road. The school was not in session, and no children were present at the time of the incident.  

 

On multiple occasions from July 15, 2015 to July 22, 2015, the suspect vehicle was seen at the Hartly Family Learning Center, which is a daycare facility located at 21 North St., Hartly. An employee of the daycare facility reported that on one occasion as she walked towards her vehicle, she observed a small red passenger car pull into the parking lot and park his vehicle. The driver described as a white male, opened his door with his pants pulled down to his knees and exposed himself to the employee. As the employee left the property in her vehicle, the suspect followed the victim onto the road and then drove off in a different direction.

 

On July 21, 2015, another employee of the daycare reported that as she was leaving the facility and was walking toward her vehicle in the parking lot, she observed the same red suspect vehicle enter the parking lot and park next to her vehicle.  The same male suspect remained inside of the car and proceeded to follow the female employee as she exited the parking lot in her vehicle. The suspect then drove off in a different direction.

       

Through the investigation Troopers identified Brandon M. Tucker as the suspect and on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, they responded to his residence located in the            1300 block of Crystal Road. Brandon Tucker was taken into custody without incident and charged with two counts of Indecent Exposure 2^nd Degree, two counts of Lewdness and five counts of Criminal Trespass 3^rd Degree.  He was arraigned at JP2 and released on $3,050.00 unsecured bond.

 

If anyone has any further information on this incident, they are asked to contact Detective M. Csapo at 302-741-2810 or Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by sending an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."