Man faces 62 charges after allegedly masturbating in front of elementary students in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A man is facing 62 charges after allegedly masturbating in front of 50 elementary school students on a field trip.
Florian Sterling, 51, was arrested on 50 counts of lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor; two counts of lewdness, a class B misdemeanor; and 10 counts of bail-jumping, a class B misdemeanor, the Salt Lake City Police Department said.
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The Salt Lake City Police Department conducted a lewdness investigation involving Sterling, who was allegedly found to be masturbating in front of an elementary school class as they were on a field trip.
The field trip consisted of 50 students and two adults, SLCPD said.
The police department said the charges against Sterling are not felonies, however given the situation, he showed “no regard for the safety of children or others around him,” the affidavit states. “[Sterling] is a dangerous sexual predator.”
Additionally, police said Sterling was also found to have several other active warrants for his arrest.
He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on the previously mentioned charges.
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