Man sentenced for open lewdness
NORRISTOWN -- A 40-year-old Lansdale man has admitted engaging in a lewd act while watching girls play soccer near a local elementary school.
James Cassell, of the 300 block of Greenwood Road, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court recently to charges of open lewdness and giving false identification to law enforcement authorities in connection with an Aug. 5 incident near Knapp Elementary School in Lansdale.
Judge William T. Nicholas, who accepted a plea agreement in the case, sentenced Cassell to two months and 12 days already served to 12 months in jail. Cassell also must serve one year of probation.
During the probationary period, he will be monitored by officers of the county probation department?s sex offender unit. Officers will be able to visit Cassell?s residence unannounced and can make various recommendations, including counseling.
According to a criminal complaint filed by Lansdale police, authorities investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle parked on Valley Brook Drive in front of the school shortly before 7 p.m. The person who reported the vehicle told police the driver was slouched in the seat "staring at the young girls playing soccer in the front of the school," according to court documents.
When police arrived at the scene they discovered Cassell, who gave police a false name, sitting in his vehicle. Police determined Cassell?s true identity through driver?s registration records.
"He was very nervous, wearing loose fitting shorts with no other clothing, and he had a tremendous amount of Vaseline covering his entire body and the interior of his vehicle," Lansdale police officer George Johnson wrote in the criminal complaint.
Inside Cassell?s vehicle, police found pornographic magazines, sex toys, women?s garter bands and leggings, and a jar of Vaseline, according to the arrest affidavit.
When Cassell was arrested and searched, police discovered he was wearing a pair of women?s thong underwear under his shorts, according to court documents. When questioned by police, he admitted to having a problem masturbating in public places, according to court documents.
According to state law, by pleading guilty to the charge of open lewdness, Cassell admitted that he committed a lewd act, which he knew was likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.
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NORRISTOWN -- A 40-year-old Lansdale man has admitted engaging in a lewd act while watching girls play soccer near a local elementary school.
James Cassell, of the 300 block of Greenwood Road, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court recently to charges of open lewdness and giving false identification to law enforcement authorities in connection with an Aug. 5 incident near Knapp Elementary School in Lansdale.
Judge William T. Nicholas, who accepted a plea agreement in the case, sentenced Cassell to two months and 12 days already served to 12 months in jail. Cassell also must serve one year of probation.
During the probationary period, he will be monitored by officers of the county probation department?s sex offender unit. Officers will be able to visit Cassell?s residence unannounced and can make various recommendations, including counseling.
According to a criminal complaint filed by Lansdale police, authorities investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle parked on Valley Brook Drive in front of the school shortly before 7 p.m. The person who reported the vehicle told police the driver was slouched in the seat "staring at the young girls playing soccer in the front of the school," according to court documents.
When police arrived at the scene they discovered Cassell, who gave police a false name, sitting in his vehicle. Police determined Cassell?s true identity through driver?s registration records.
"He was very nervous, wearing loose fitting shorts with no other clothing, and he had a tremendous amount of Vaseline covering his entire body and the interior of his vehicle," Lansdale police officer George Johnson wrote in the criminal complaint.
Inside Cassell?s vehicle, police found pornographic magazines, sex toys, women?s garter bands and leggings, and a jar of Vaseline, according to the arrest affidavit.
When Cassell was arrested and searched, police discovered he was wearing a pair of women?s thong underwear under his shorts, according to court documents. When questioned by police, he admitted to having a problem masturbating in public places, according to court documents.
According to state law, by pleading guilty to the charge of open lewdness, Cassell admitted that he committed a lewd act, which he knew was likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.
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