A police detective is being made to pay for a shameless act after he was caught masturbating while peering into a house.
Robert Francis
A New York City Police Department, NYPD, detective has been suspended without pay after being caught allegedly masturbating while peering in a child's window.
According to NY Daily News, Detective Robert Francis was arrested at 2:30 a.m. Sunday after allegedly standing in a Rockville Centre backyard while peering into a home and masturbating.
Francis, who works in the 71st precinct in Crown Heights, was arrested for public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child, police sources say.
The arrest comes on the heels of an investigation into several similar incidents throughout Rockville Centre.
Three similar crimes happened in February, Rockville Center police say.
The incidents all happened between 8 and 9 p.m. The suspect, described as being about 5-foot-10 and weighing about 220 pounds, stands peering into the victim's window.
The suspect has had either a flashlight or forehead light and was naked from the waist down.
Once the victims spot him, he takes off.
Police sources did not say if Francis is linked to the previous incidents.