BUCKTOWN — A man who police believe exposed himself in front of a day care window earlier this month in Humboldt Park was arrested in Bucktown Saturday afternoon, shortly after police sent out an alert to notify the public.
The man was spotted by police on Saturday and was "positively identified" as the man who exposed himself in front of a learning center window about 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 15, said Officer Michelle Tannehill, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.
Jonathan Nicholas, 23, of the 5600 Block of West Fullerton Avenue, was arrested around 12:45 p.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of North Western Avenue. He was charged with one misdemeanor count of public indecency/sex conduct and one misdemeanor charge for criminal trespassing to land, Tannehill said.
Nicholas spent the night in police custody and appeared before a judge at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California on Sunday, according to Officer Laura Amezga, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.
Around 10 a.m. Saturday, police sent out a community alert about a man who repeatedly had exposed himself in the immediate area of a child day care center in the 2700 block of West North Avenue between May 22 and June 22. The man, wanted for public indecency, was described in that alert as being 30-35 years old.
The man had been seen back in the area near North and California avenues this month, police said in the alert.
