NYPD Cop Exposed Himself To Pre-Teen Girls, Police Say

THE BRONX, NY — An NYPD cop accused of exposing himself to two pre-teen girls in the Bronx was arrested on Manhattan's Lower East Side Tuesday morning, police said. Officer Adam Fridson, 43, has been suspended after allegedly flashing girls, ages 12 and seven, in front of a funeral home last Wednesday, the NYPD said.

Fridson is a 12-year veteran of the NYPD's Transit Bureau, which polices subway stations. Police said he approached the girls on East Tremont Avenue in the Schulerville neighborhood at 4:10 p.m. Oct. 11.

He exposed himself to the girls, asked them for directions to McDonald's and then drove away in his Subaru, police said. Fridson was caught on surveillance video wearing khaki shorts and a T-shirt with the movie character Jack Skellington on the front.

After a weeklong search, police arrested Fridson at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday within the NYPD's 5th Precinct, which covers Chinatown and Little Italy, the NYPD said.

Fridson, a resident of Brewster in Putnam County, faces six criminal charges including lewdness, exposure of person and acting in a manner injurious to a child, the NYPD said. He is set to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Bronx district attorney's office said.

Online court records indicate Fridson has no prior charges.

(Lead image from NYPD)