Police are asking the public for help finding a man who allegedly exposed himself to a child in the bathroom at a Sandy mall and then knocked the child’s mother to the ground when she tried to take his photo.
About 7 p.m. on April 21, the “unknown male” approached a 9-year-old boy in the bathroom at the South Town mall, a news release from the Sandy Police Department said.
The man pulled down his pants and exposed himself to the child, the boy told police. While his pants were down, the man allegedly told the child to “come closer,” the release says, but the boy instead ran out of the bathroom.
The boy found his mother and pointed out the person who had approached him in the bathroom, according to the release. The mother used her cellphone to take a photo of the suspect, the release said, but when she tried to take additional pictures, the man knocked the phone out of her hands and then pushed her down to the ground.
The man then fled the mall and asked other patrons to take him to the nearby TRAX Station, police said. He was last seen getting into a late-model black Ford Mustang.
The man is described as being in his mid-20s, standing between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10 with dark hair. The woman’s photo, included in the news release, shows him wearing a white V-neck shirt and jeans.
Anyone who recognizes the man or has any other information is asked to contact Sandy police at 801-568-7200 or through an anonymous tip line: 801-568-INFO(4636).