A Smithville man was arrested on Friday, June 8 in connection with a case of indecent exposure which occurred in the Cookeville Walmart store parking lot on Monday, June 4.
The Herald-Citizen reports that 25 year old Kenneth R. Johnson Jr. of Kendra Drive is charged with indecent exposure, according to a warrant taken by Cookeville Police Detective Sgt. Bobby Anderson.
That warrant says that on June 4 in the Cookeville Walmart parking lot Johnson “did indecently expose himself by exposing his genitals to a female while he was sitting in his vehicle.”
It was a Livingston woman who reported the incident to police on that day. She said that she and her elderly mother had exited the store and were walking to their car when a white colored pickup truck approached them.
She thought the driver was about to ask directions, but when she turned toward him, he smiled and exposed his private parts to her, says a report by Officer James Lee III.
“She was deeply disturbed and she looked for Walmart personnel to notify,” the report says.
After the incident, the driver drove away and left the parking lot.
Detective Anderson began an investigation and soon was able to identify Johnson as a suspect.
Last Friday, June 8, Johnson was arrested and booked into the Putnam jail, where his bond was set at $1,000. He posted bond and was released. He has a July 9 court date.
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