Police Seek Suspect Accused of Performing Lewd Acts in Rio Grande Area

RIO GRANDE – Middle Township Police Department received two separate complaints of lewdness in the Rio Grande area June 2.
In both cases the targeted victims were pre-teen girls. The accused approached the girls in a vehicle, then stood by his vehicle, and started to masturbate. The accused is described as a white male, approximately 40 to 45 years of age, short brown hair with some gray, some facial hair, dark sunglasses, dark shorts (possibly athletic shorts), black t-shirt, tattoos on the arms, tall, with a stocky build. The vehicle is described as a dark minivan or a dark pick-up truck.
If anyone has information on this case they are asked to call the Middle Township Police Department at 465-8700, or they can anonymously call the Cape May County Crime Stoppers at 465-2800.