Middle School Girls Report Lewd Act at Churchville Bus Stop

Local law enforcement are on alert after three Southampton Middle School students reported seeing a suspicious man apparently masturbating in his car near their bus stop Tuesday morning.

Around 7 a.m. Tuesday, three girls from the Rolling Green Community in Churchville were near the bus stop when they saw a man in a green car or SUV who was believed to be masturbating, according to Edward Hopkins, spokesman with the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

The man did not approach the girls, who are between the ages of 12 and 14, but was seen driving through the neighborhood with a window down and appeared lost, Hopkins wrote in an email.

As he drove by, one of the girls saw inside the car and, "the suspect is alleged to have been masturbating," Hopkins wrote.

As the school bus pulled up to the stop, the man drove away.

When the students arrived at school, they immediately told their school resource officer about the incident.

The man is described as being white, in his 30s, with brown hair, medium build, wearing a baseball cap and possibly glasses while driving a dark green car or SUV with white license plates. The car had tan molding and sat low to the ground.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can contact Deputy First Class Lori Denbow with the sheriff’s office school policing unit, 410-809-2818.