Crime & Safety

Decatur Police Investigate Library Incident

A library employee said she saw a man commit a sex act on the third floor.

An employee of the Decatur Library told police she observed a man masturbating on the third floor Jan. 17.

The employee said she was working at the desk about 3 p.m. and heard the heavy breathing of a man.

She said she looked up and saw a man with his pants unzipped between the book stacks. The man got on the elevator and left the third floor.

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The employee described him as black, tall with a slender build and wearing a blue baseball hat, gray fleece sweat shirt and blue jeans. He was carrying a black book bag and a black umbrella.  

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