Woman Reportedly Seen Masturbating Near Bellingham Elementary School 

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A 33-year-old woman was cited for indecent exposure after she was reportedly seen masturbating near a Bellingham elementary school during school hours on Tuesday.

Officers were called at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, to the 1400 block of Moore Street near Carl Cozier Elementary for an indecent exposure report, according to the Bellingham Police Department's incident log.

A parent who was in line outside the school waiting to pick up her child reported seeing a woman walking down the street with her pants down and masturbating, according to the log.

The alleged lewd acts occurred off school property, Bellingham Public Schools spokesperson Dana Smith told The Bellingham Herald in the email, adding that the parent also alerted school leadership, which consulted the district's safety coordinator and double-checked school property.



The woman was issued a summons for indecent exposure by summons by police, the log states.

According to the Carl Cozier website, the school is open between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

"To our knowledge, no students saw the individual and the individual remained off campus," Smith wrote.