Florida Man Charged With Masturbating On Amtrack, Claimed "Itchy Stomach"
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| Daniel Michael |
DELAND, Florida -- A 33-year-old Florida man was
charged Tuesday with lewd or lascivious exhibition for masturbating in plain
view on a passenger train. The defendant, Daniel Michael of Marathon, FL,
is accused of exposing himself in front of a young child during the incident.
The Volusia County
Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Amtrak station just west of DeLand
Tuesday morning after the conductor reported the alleged incident to Amtrak
authorities. An Amtrak agent called the Sheriff’s Office, saying the
train was due in the station in just a few minutes.
When deputies got to the
station at 9:16 a.m., the train had arrived and they talked to a passenger in
the coach section who alleged that while he was trying to sleep, Michael was masturbating in the seat next to him. The witness said Michael
then got up while still exposed and walked down the aisle to the bathroom to
finish the act, passing by a small child along the way who appeared to be
around 3-years-old.
According to deputies, Michael’s
explanation was that his covers were moving back and forth because his stomach
was itchy. Deputies say that he later acknowledged to them that he might have accidentally
ejaculated on the bathroom floor. Michael was arrested for lewd or lascivious
exhibition in the presence of a victim under the age of 16 and transported to
the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona
Beach.
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