VIU security image of a suspect who exposed himself to a woman at Nanaimo's VIU campus on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 6. (Nanaimo RCMP)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Suspect sought

Nanaimo RCMP seek indecent exposure suspect at VIU

Dec 12, 2023 | 11:03 AM

NANAIMO — Local police are asking for help in identifying a man responsible for exposing himself in front of a woman at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island University campus.

Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O’Brien said woman reported a man on a bicycle approached her on Wednesday, Dec. 6 just before 6 p.m., got off his bike to expose his genitals to her and yell vulgarities.

“He got back on his bike and took off. She immediately reported the incident to security and patrols were made for that suspect, but he was not found,” O”Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW.

The incident happened between buildings 205 and 210, near the VIU Gymnasium, and the victim was not physically injured, O’Brien said.

Nanaimo RCMP was alerted a day following the incident.

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“He’s believed to be a caucasian man, about mid 30’s, 5’7″, slim build and wearing dark clothing.”

O’Brien said this was a serious offence and hope the suspect can be located to hold him accountability for this offence and prevent other potential similar crimes.

“We look at the profile provided and based on all of our files we can extrapolate data to see if there’s similarities among other suspects and then started our investigation on that,” O’Brien said.

A grainy security image of the suspect was obtained by police working in conjunction with VIU security personnel.

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Nanaimo RCMP seek indecent exposure suspect at VIU

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