COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for a man they say has repeatedly flashed women and fondled himself at the same Cobb County library.
Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Chris Jose was at the Smyrna Public Library, where police say the man walks up and down the aisles at the library, targeting specific women.
Police have just released a photo of the suspect and are hoping the image leads to new information on him.
Police say the man first exposed himself to a woman at the library last summer. But he didn't stop there.
Police said he has flashed at least one other woman, and he fondled himself in the same library in late January.
Jose talked to one victim, who didn't want to be identified, after it happened to her last August. She saw the man wander the aisles and sit down about 5 feet away from her.
"The first thing I screamed was, 'Ummm?'" she said. "He looked at me, surprised. He pulled up his pants and ran away."
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The victim said the suspect knew exactly where to approach her.
"It just so happened that the area I was in does not have cameras," she said. "So it's almost like he knew exactly where to go. That he wouldn't be on camera."
Investigators told Jose the man is targeting women on the second floor.
Photos show a clear image of the man's face. Surveillance video also shows the man's light green Subaru Forester.
Investigators have not been able to determine the man's name or find the car.
That concerns visitors, who were horrified when Jose told them about the suspect.
"A monster. That's a monster," library patron Tiara Todo said.
"One, keep it in your pants. Two, you're in a public area," another visitor said.
Todo worried the man would do it again.
"If he did it once and didn't get caught, he feels he's untouchable," Todo said.
Officers gave a surveillance photo of the man to the Department of Drivers Services to scan for facial recognition but got no returns. Police said they also ran the make and model of the car through a database and got more than 700 possible matches.
"I really hope, I pray, that they find him," Todo said.
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