Crime & Safety

Braintree Man Exposed Himself Near Quincy School, Police Say

James F. Canavan, 24​, was arrested April 13 and charged with open and gross lewdness.

QUINCY, MA — A Braintree man dropped his pants and exposed himself near an elementary school in Quincy, police said.

James F. Canavan, 24, was arrested April 13 and charged with open and gross lewdness. He was arraigned in Quincy District Court Tuesday, according to the Patriot Ledger.

Police received a report of a man on Narragansett Road who was in front of a home with his pants down and genitals exposed. The home is about a third of a mile from Merrymount Elementary School.

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Offers found Canavan fully clothed on the road, but he matched the description of the man given by the witness.

Canavan is due back in court May 4.

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