Man Arrested For Masturbating Outside Northport Stop & Shop

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington Station man for public lewdness after he masturbated in front of a woman outside a Northport grocery store.

Police Photo-Ricardo Reyes-Benitez

A customer was walking in the parking lot of Stop & Shop, located at 454 Fort Salonga Road, when a man masturbated in front of her at 7:50 a.m.

Ricardo Reyes-Benitez, 28, of 11 Sioux Place, was charged with Public Lewdness. Reyes-Benitez will be held overnight at the Second Precinct and arraigned on May 30 at First District Court in Central Islip.

A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.