Flasher in Mt. Laurel

Police in Mt. Laurel are hunting for a flasher who is suspected of exposing himself to some girls at a Home Depot store.

A south New Jersey woman was shopping at the Home Depot behind Moorestown Mall Monday when a man exposed himself to her 6-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old family friend while they were in the carpet area of the store.

The people did not want their names used.

"It was a male, a white male. He had his private part out and he was also carrying a white T-shirt. I didn't find out about it until we left the store. (That's) when the 14-year-old, my daughter's friend, told me," the woman said.

The mother said both girls were shaken by the incident and she is angry.

Mount Laurel police are investigating and will be looking at the video surveillance tape from the Home Depot to try to identify the culprit.

Authorities said another flashing incident was reported 1 week ago at the A.C. Moore store in the same shopping center.

The mother said that parents can't be too careful. "I mean the kids were with me, like I said, they were with me," the woman said.

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