A 37-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault and lewdness after threatening a person with a knife and then exposing his genitals to a couple of children.
According to charges filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court, the man was involved in an argument with another person near 1129 S. 900 West. The man got his hands on a large kitchen knife and came toward the other person in a threatening manner.
The person managed to flee. Later, he was in the parking lot with his nephew and another boy when the man showed up, unzipped his pants and exposed his genitals to the group.
Police later located the man. They found the kitchen knife and observed the man smelled strongly of alcohol and had numerous beer cans scattered around him.
The man has been charged with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor; lewdness, a class B misdemeanor; and intoxication, a class C misdemeanor.