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Off-Duty NYPD Detective Arrested for Masturbating While Looking Into Women's Homes

Robert Francis was a serial offender.

New York authorities detained and charged an off-duty NYPD detective on Monday after he was discovered looking into women’s windows on Long Island while masturbating. According to officials, this is not his first time committing the heinous act.

Detective Robert Francis, 46, has been charged with four counts of public lewdness for the disturbing act which took place in Rockville Centre. However, during questioning, he admitted that he’d spied on multiple women, said Rockville Centre Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, as reported by New York Daily News

Three of Francis’s victims were under the age of 16, which has resulted in three additional charges of endangering the welfare of a minor.

“He said he has done this in other jurisdictions,” Gennario said. “He kept telling investigative detectives that he was going through tough times. To really tell you the truth, at this point I spoke to my detective just before we came in here and he was concerned that he may harm himself.”

Francis was arrested after an investigation surrounding a Peeping Tom began in February. Several people filed reports of a man shining a light into women’s homes and pleasuring himself.

“Same M.O. Male exposing himself, getting the attention of a female resident. When she looked, he would start masturbating. When she would go to get help, he would run away,” Gennario said.

Then, on Saturday, police were notified of a suspicious man in a driveway. Officials were able to locate and arrest Francis before he struck again.

According to the Daily News, Francis filed for bankruptcy and was court ordered to pay over $40,000 in back rent.

The NYPD has suspended Francis and taken his firearm. 

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