Crime & Safety

Man Exposes Himself to Girls at Hanover Playground

Two girls reported that a man showed his genitals at the Ridge Commons playground Wednesday evening.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating reports that a man exposed himself to two girls at a Hanover playground Wednesday evening. 

Officers spoke separately to the girls, age 9 and 10, who said they were playing at the Ridge Commons Playground at about 5 p.m. when a man drove by in a silver sedan. He turned the car around and approached the two girls, then spoke to them. While he was speaking, he was exposing his genitals, police said. 

The girls described the man as white and his in 40s, wearing a black ski cap and jeans. He may have been wearing glasses.


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