Hingham Man Charged With Touching Himself Near Youth Field

HINGHAM, MA – A Hingham man exposed and touched himself in his car while parked near Lynch Athletic Field Wednesday, police said.

David Hurley, 83, was arrested and charged with open and gross lewdness, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace. He was arraigned in Hingham District Court Thursday and is free on $5,000 bail. As part of his bail terms, he must stay away from all public parks and schools and have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18, according to the Hingham Police Department.

At 3:32 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a report of a man who was sitting in a car with his driver’s door open, naked from the waist down, exposing and touching himself in the parking lot for the field on Beal Street. A witness told police that children and adults were in the same parking lot on bicycles heading into Bare Cove Park. The witness also took a cell phone photo of the man before officers arrived, police said.

Officers arrived in the lot, walked up to the car, and observed the man, identified as Hurley, still allegedly exposed with his pants were on the passenger seat and the driver’s door was open facing Beal Street.

The parking lot is for the Lynch Athletic Field, which is a youth baseball and football field, and Bare Cove Park.

The incident is the second reported case of a man exposing himself in Hingham this week. A woman told police Monday that a man exposed himself to her while she was at the Hingham Public Library.

Hurley is due to return to court on Sept. 18.

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