“Dear PoPville,
The Woodley Park Window Masturbator is at it again – this time on Mothers Day. Remember, someone reported him doing the same thing in March on International Women’s Day.* On the afternoon of May 10, I was walking north on Connecticut Avenue NW, right before Cathedral Avenue NW, when I heard someone knocking urgently on a window that was close to the sidewalk. When I looked over, I saw a man inside wave and then he started masturbating at the window. He had the slatted blinds pulled down so I couldn’t see his face, only his masturbating. After this happened, I checked PoPville to see if anyone else reported this.
I saw the March post as wells as a similar post from October 2019. Clearly, this is the same guy from the March post. Both posts had helpful comments, including a discussion of DC Code 22-1312. Although the guy was technically inside, he obviously intended to get public attention, and he created a spectacle of himself to the public, including passing children. This behavior can escalate, if it hasn’t already. I reported the crime to the police. Thank you to everyone else who did, too.”
Unfortunately another reader had a similar experience:
“I wanted to share something disturbing that happened to me yesterday (May 10th) – maybe it’s happened to other people too. I was on a (masked) walk home from Tregaron Conservancy. As I was walking on the sidewalk, I heard a loud noise. I turned around to see what the noise was, and it was a man inside his apartment banging on the window to get me to look at him. He was nude and masturbating right beside the window. He was on a street-level apartment at Connecticut Park Apartments on Connecticut Ave NW. It was really gross and felt super violating. Plus, who knows if he’s doing this to children. I contacted the police but also wanted to share here. Thanks.”