VANDERBURGH COUNTY - When Vanderburgh County Sheriff's deputies got a call about a man masturbating in a county park, neither they nor the caller knew what they were about to find.
"We didn't know what he was doing, but we knew it's not right to have your pants down in a park," says witness Jeff Niemeier.
On scene, deputies found 55-year old Larry Williamson sitting on a picnic table naked, masturbating, with a metal rod protruding from his penis.
"Fortunately there weren't any kids or families present. He has since told us he'd gone there in the past to gratify himself," Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams says.
"We saw him two or three times this past week," Niemeier says. "Just sitting at picnic tables watching children."
The picnic table where deputies found Williamson naked was only feet away from the playground. Deputies say he's been arrested twice before for public indecency and nudity and he's banned from all city parks.
A search of Williamson's car showed deputies the metal rod was just one of many props he'd taken to the park with him.
"He had a lot of unusual things in his car that we thought were suspicious in nature," Williams says.
Among those: binoculars, sex toys, male enhancement drugs, lotions, a small dog, candy and bags of cotton candy-things often used to lure children.
"We're not saying that's what was going on, but it sure does send up some red flags for us," says Williams
Although Williamson is in jail Thursday night, there is a chance he could bond out.
Williams is hoping that in the future, Williamson will be banned not just from city parks, but all parks in the county.
NEWS 25 checked out the sex offender registry and found that Larry Williamson is not on it.
VAND. CO., IN - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office tells NEWS 25 they arrested a man exposing himself in a park Wednesday afternoon.
Deputies say they caught Larry Wayne Williamson, 55, sitting at a picnic table in Scott Township Park completely nude around 4:30 PM. Sheriff Eric Williams says they searched Williamson's truck and found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and other "suspicious & unusual items".
The Sheriff's Office reports witnesses told them they have seen Williamson in the park in the past. Williamson later told detectives that he had been to the park several previous times for sexual gratification.
Sheriff Williams tells NEWS 25, Williamson had been arrested & convicted twice before for public indecency, and had a court order to stay away from any public park in Evansville & Vanderburgh County.
The Sheriff says getting Williamson off the street is important for the safety of the community.
"Listening to the account of this arrest and the subsequent interview by investigators made me sick," Sheriff Williams says.
"Williamson is obviously a very twisted person and should not be anywhere our children might be."
The Sheriff's Office says Williamson faces several charges including public indecency/nudity, possession of marijuana and trespassing.
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