HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Police officers accused a 39-year-old man of masturbating in front of two children who were walking to school on Thursday in Homestead, records show.
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Francois Levi approached the children, who were walking eastbound on Lucy Street near Northwest Sixth Avenue, according to a police officer’s arrest report.
The children ran to school and reported the incident to a school security employee, who called 911, according to the police report.
Police officers arrested Levi at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday at the Laura C. Saunders Elementary School, at 505 SW 8th St., according to the police report.
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Miami-Dade corrections booked Levi shortly after 11:50 p.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
Levi faced four charges: Two counts of lewd or lascivious exhibition on a child younger than 16, and two counts of indecent exposure.
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