Homeless man arrested after he's caught allegedly masturbating at Glendale Community College

Homeless man arrested after he’s caught allegedly masturbating at Glendale Community College

Students cross the parking bridge to the elevators to campus at Glendale Community College.

Feb. 29, 2016 4:09 PM PT

A 24-year-old homeless man was arrested Saturday after a police cadet reportedly saw him masturbating in a lobby of a Glendale Community College building, police said.

Around 11:35 a.m., someone called campus police to report a man acting suspiciously in the San Gabriel building, and when a cadet responded, the suspect — later identified as Kerry Smith — was watching something on his cell phone while masturbating, said Glendale Police Sgt. Robert William.

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Glendale police found the man at a nearby restaurant and arrested him on suspicion of indecent exposure.

Police said Smith, who is not a student, admitted to masturbating at the college, where he said he went to use the Wi-Fi.

Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

Twitter: @atchek

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Alene Tchekmedyian

Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.