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Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure At Mall

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A man was arrested after witnesses spotted him masturbating at a mall food court while staring at a group of young girls, according to authorities.

Steve Youmans, 39, admitted to CBS13 in an interview Sunday night that he gave in to a “sudden urge” and apologized, insisting he has never done any similar acts before.

“I just want to apologize to the families,” Youmans said. “It was totally wrong.”

Arden Fair Mall security chief Steve Reed said witnesses alerted security officers Saturday after spotting Youmans sitting in the mall food court, groping himself and trying to hide his actions underneath a newspaper.

“We certainly don’t want our customers to be exposed to that kind of conduct,” Reed said.

Surveillance video recorded mall security detaining Youmans after the suspect unsuccessfully attempted to flee.

Youmans spent the night in custody and said he will seek psychological help to prevent further indecent behavior.

“I just want to get on with my life because I’ve got two little boys, one who’s five, one who’s three,” he said. “I didn’t mean to harm anybody by doing this.”

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  • Sick and tired of idiots running out government!

    Ok Wait!
    ONE night in jail for doing this while watching YOUNG GIRLS….
    Yet, someone can watch videos of them online WAY AWAY from possible contact, and get up to twenty years….[BTW-yes! both are wrong!]
    There is a problem that seems to be getting worse here in the so called justice system!
    Anyone out there want to do something about this? I am getting sick and tired of the justice system’s irregularities and in-justice!
    Is no one in our political ladder or money grubbing government going to stand up??

    • A Real American

      We should start with the biggest offender

      OBAMA

      • sally

        Blame the president when you do not have an educated answeror ways to help your a moran

  • pynaetlb

    As my attorney repeatedly told me. “You are mistaking our legal system for a justice system. You couldn’t be farther from the truth”. In California we have a “legal” system that has nothing at all to do with justice. Just ask the millions and millions of divorced men who have experienced it.

    • hs

      Overall the judicial branch of our govt has destroyed this country, socially, economically and otherwise. We must wake up, make them accountable to make a change.

  • Human Justice

    TAKE HIS KIDS AWAY FROM HIM!!!! If he is willing to do what he did in public, lord only knows what he has ALREADY done to his 2 little boys.
    If it were up to me, i would say 32 cents worth of led at 2300 FPS straight to the head.

    He is only sorry because he got caught.

  • david

    too bad a crowd of witnesses didn’t beat him up good. his children should be removed from his home and his wife, if married or otherwise, should get a restraining order against him to keep him away from the children except for supervised visits. she should divorce or leave him if they are only living together. he should be made to register as a sex offender too.

    • rmcsticks

      I never understand why people dont take care of this themself , if my daughter was there you can bet I would be going to jail and he would be going to the hosptal…. Im good with that…

  • Doc Phillis

    Indecent exposure? Groping himself under a newspaper, if he had a newspaper over his lap, how could that be indecent exposure? I don’t get it, CBS you are getting as bad as the Enquirer lol. The posters on here who want to kill people and beat people are a thousand times worse then this masterbaiting jerk.

  • http://ransackedmedia.com/2011/09/19/sacramento-man-arrested-for-masturbating-at-arden-fair-mall-food-court/ Sacramento man arrested for masturbating at Arden Fair Mall food court | ranSACkedmedia

    [...] an interview with CBS 13, a tearful Youmans admitted to his crime and said that he gave in to a “sudden urge” and [...]

  • WOW

    THIS IS ONE SICK INDIVIDUAL. TO DO THIS IN A PUBLIC PLACE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND IS JUST SICK. WHO DOES THIS. AND HE IS SORRY? I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIS SONS. CAN U IMAGINE WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE GOING ON AT HIS HOME WITH HIS CHILDREN. HE NEEDS TO HAVE THEM KIDS TAKEN AWAY. IF HE HASNT ALREADY HE WILL DEFINITELY BECOME A CHILD MOLESTER. HE NEEDS TO B LOCKED UP AND AWAY.

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