LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - A pervert is on the prowl after, police said, he entered a patio in a Lauderhill neighborhood, stared through the glass door and began to pleasure himself while nearly fully naked.
Surveillance cameras captured the man, seen wearing only a disposable mask, dark sneakers and some kind of dark hood, as he walked up to the back porch of a house in the La Mirage neighborhood in Inverrary, at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
The homeowner, who identified himself as Maurice, shared his reaction with 7News on Thursday.
“I was terrified. I would never expect anything like that to happen,” he said.
The man was looking through a glass door leading to the kitchen and living room area. He then peered into the window and began touching himself.
“That was disgusting,” said Maurice.
The homeowner told 7News that he, his girlfriend, sister and young daughter were home at the time.
The adults were watching TV, and the little girl had already gone to bed when, Maurice said, his camera system sent him an alert.
“And when I looked, it was a naked man right there in the patio,” said Maurice. “I was so shocked that I thought about going to get my gun, and my sister [says], ‘No, call the police, call the police.'”
That’s what Maurice said he did, but by the time officers arrived, the prowler was long gone.
The surveillance video, though, showed the man felt comfortable enough to come in and out of the patio twice in just a few minutes.
To enter the screened patio, the man pushed a large plant aside, and because the section where the plant is located was already open, he crawled right in.
For residents seeing just a screengrab of the nude subject, their reaction was similar.
“What in the world, hold on, what?!” said a woman. “I think he needs to rot in hell.”
“OK, that is very crazy and very sad that this is happening,” said another woman, “so, yes, something needs to be done.”
“That is not God fearing or God-like, so it is not a good thing to be spying on kids,” said a man. “This is a wicked world, a lot of stuff is going on in the world right now. People like that deserve to be locked up in jail.”
Maurice said he is going to be more proactive when it comes to his family’s safety.
“Probably I’m going to have to arm myself when I walk around here, because who knows?” he said. “I don’t know what else to expect.”
If you have any information on the subject’s whereabouts, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.
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