An Okotoks man is facing charges after allegedly approaching teenage girls in the communities of Evergreen and Bridlewood at the end of January.
A man was seen masturbating inside a white, Honda Civic beside a playground in the 200 block of Bridlewood Way SW at about 12:15 p.m. on January 25.
He was confronted by a passerby and fled the scene.
A witness gave police a description of the man and a suspect matching that description was picked up by police a short time later in the community of Shawnessy.
Mark Angelo Catapang, 24, of Okotoks is charged with an indecent act in a public place.
Catapang is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
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Man charged in connection to indecent acts in city’s southwest
Published Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:40PM MST