Police: Kids see man performing lewd act in New Jersey library
HAMILTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- A New Jersey man is accused of performing a lewd act in a library that, police say, was witnessed by children.
It happened around 7:20 p.m. on May 23 at the Hamilton Township Public Library in Mercer County.
According to investigators, two girls came upon 26-year-old Mitchell Richtman, of East Windsor, sitting in an aisle between bookshelves.
Authorities say he was committing a lewd act while watching a video on his cell phone.
The girls alerted library staff, who then called police.
As officers arrived, the allegedly saw a suspect matching Richtman's description leaving the library through a basement door.
He was positively identified by the girls, police say, and taken into custody.
Richtman is charged with Criminal Sexual Contact and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
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