Man arrested for indecent exposure at Family Fun Day in Somerville

On June 22, 2010, in Latest News, by The News Staff

By George P. Hassett

A Somerville man was arrested for indecent exposure June 19 at a Family Fun Day event at Trum Field after he allegedly urinated in plain view of 200 children, police said.

Christian Perez, 34, of 18 Minnesota Avenue, was standing at the foot of the field's stairs that lead to Broadway when he suddenly began to urinate in full view of the public.

Somerville police officer James Slattery was off-duty and attending the event with his family when he made the arrest, police said.

"I was in shock and disbelief at what I had just witnessed," Slattery wrote in a police report.

Perez urinated less than 12 feet from the entrance to a public restroom and less than 40 feet from dozens of children, police said.

Police took photographs to demonstrate the proximity of the children to the area where Perez allegedly urinated.