Crime & Safety

Lawrenceville Man Arrested After Allegedly Showing Privates in Public

In a police report, Warren Jourdain told the arresting officer he was not masturbating, but thoroughly washing himself as required before getting into a pool at his subdivision.

A Lawrenceville man was arrested after reportedly exposing his penis at a neighborhood pool and masturbating.

According to a report from Gwinnett County Police, a resident complained about a man exposing himself near the pool at the Melrose Subdivsion Clubhouse on Saturday, June 1.

The resident said she saw a man, later identified as Warren Jourdain, expose himself while standing in the outdoor shower stall. 

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Jourdain-- who lives in the subdivision-- was caught on surveillance video periodically poking his head out of the shower stall, ducking back in, pulling his erect penis out of his swimming trunks and then begin to masturbate. He would allegedly look outside the stall, go back in and pleasure himself several times.

A number children were at the pool at the time of the incident Saturday evening.

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The resident walked by the man as she went to the women's restroom and saw him pleasuring himself.

Feeling unsafe because of Jourdain's reported actions, the woman then went to get the children she was with and leave. She walked in front of the children to block their view of Jourdain. 

According to the police report, as the woman walked by, she told Jourdain "You should not be doing that." He responded to her "I'll put it away."

When police arrived, they found Jourdain sitting in his car, parked in front of his home at 1376 Bramlett Forest Court. The responding officer reported that the crotch of Jourdain's shorts were ripped open, exposing his privates.

Jourdain told the officer he did nothing wrong, just swimming a few laps and watching the children play at the pool.

The officer then asked Jourdain if he was masturbating in the shower stall. 

"Masturbating? I was not masturbating!" said Jourdain to the officer. 

The officer asked Jourdain what he was doing. Jourdain said he was simply washing his penis and referred to the sign that says you must wash yourself before entering the pool.

Jourdain was arrested and charged with public indecency.

The officer asked for Jourdain's identification. Jourdain said it was either in his glove box or in the house and gave the officer permission to search the glove box. While searching the glove box, the officer found pornographic photos.

Jourdain was taken to the Gwinnett County Jail. His bond was set at $11,200.


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