<p>Monday May 18th–A female student reported being approached by a masturbating man at around 12:30 a.m. on Monday, according to a campus safety alert sent by e-mail to the University community later that morning.</p>
<p>The alert said that the student was walking through the East Pyne courtyard when a man, described by the student as a “dark skinned male in his mid-20s, approximately 6 feet tall, slim build, with short dark hair,” stopped her to ask for directions. As the student responded to him, she realized he seemed to be masturbating and walked away.</p>
<p>The student reported last seeing the suspect standing near the west archway of the East Pyne courtyard, according to the alert. Borough Police is investigating the incident, the alert added, and Public Safety is planning to increase foot patrols on campus at night.</p>
<p>Charles Davall, Public Safety’s deputy director for operations, said Monday morning that Public Safety will respond to the incident by increasing patrols next weekend.</p>
<p>“We had increased [patrols] for a couple of weekends [following two similar incidents which occurred on April 18] and then went back to regular patrol staffing,” he said. “With this one, we’re going to bump that up again.”</p>
<p>Davall added that Public Safety has turned the case over to Borough Police for investigation.</p>
<p>Borough Police Lt. David Dudeck declined to comment.</p>
<p>“It’s an ongoing investigation, so we’re not releasing anything to the press right now,” he said.</p>
<p>This latest report of a case of lewdness on campus comes in the wake of two separate reported incidents last month. In both cases, a female student encountered a man who was masturbating and exposed his genitals.</p>
<p>The first case of lewdness last month occurred while a female student was walking toward the U-Store on McCosh Walk. The student reported that she saw a man on the steps between Buyers and Witherspoon halls and that she saw him earlier that night near the architecture school and 1879 Hall. She also said he was walking behind her and masturbating.</p>
<p>The second case occurred near the first entry of 1879. The perpetrator in this case exposed his genitals to the victim before running away toward Washington Road and Nassau Street.</p>
<p>In both of the cases last month, the perpetrator was described as “a Hispanic male, approximately 29 years of age, 6’2” in height, curly hair, wearing a blue and black fleece zip-up jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes.”</p>
<p>Though Borough Police arrested two men in connection with separate alleged incidents of criminal sexual contact on campus last month, neither suspect has been charged in connection with either of the lewdness cases.</p>
<p>Davall would not say whether he thought the latest incident was related to the previous ones. “To make a guess would be inappropriate,” he said.</p>