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UMD
A Serial Flasher Works the Upper Floors of McKeldin Library
Under Investigation
University of Maryland Police sought a man tied to three incidents in McKeldin Library restrooms over the spring 2024 semester. A student reported a man exposing himself in the 6th-floor bathroom on February 12, 2024; a second student reported a man looking into their 7th-floor stall on March 25; and a third, similar incident occurred April 27. UMPD released surveillance images and asked for the community's help identifying the suspect.
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Institution
University of Maryland
Public R1 · MD
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Alert Sequence
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UMD POLICE ADVISORY: University of Maryland Police are seeking the community's help identifying a man connected to three incidents inside McKeldin Library restrooms. On Feb. 12 a man exposed himself in a 6th-floor bathroom; on March 25 a man looked into a 7th-floor stall; and on April 27 a similar incident occurred. Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Hampson at 301-405-6249 or phampson@umpd.umd.edu.
The notice consolidates three incidents across roughly ten weeks, all in the 6th- and 7th-floor McKeldin restrooms — a tight geographic pattern that justified a community advisory.
It mixes indecent exposure (Feb. 12, April 27) and voyeurism (March 25 stall-peeking), reflecting how campuses fold related lewd-conduct reports into one notice.
The detective's direct contact line is preserved from the UMPD release; exact advisory wording was not archived verbatim, so this is marked unconfirmed.
Context
Background
McKeldin Library is the University of Maryland's main library at the head of McKeldin Mall. In spring 2024, UMPD sought the public's help identifying a man tied to three restroom incidents: a 6th-floor indecent exposure on February 12, a 7th-floor stall-peeking on March 25, and a similar incident on April 27. The Baltimore Banner reported that police released surveillance images, and WJLA noted the suspect was photographed in the stalls more than once. The case shows how campuses handle a serial lewd-conduct pattern with a community advisory and surveillance-image release rather than an emergency notification, since there was no immediate violent threat.
Analysis
Key Findings
Three restroom incidents over ~10 weeks, all on the 6th and 7th floors of McKeldin Library, formed a single pattern advisory
The notice combined indecent exposure and voyeurism reports tied to one suspect
UMPD relied on surveillance-image release and a direct detective contact line rather than an emergency alert
Outcome
UMPD released images and asked anyone with information to contact Det. Hampson at 301-405-6249. The incidents were concentrated in the 6th- and 7th-floor restrooms of McKeldin Library.
Provenance
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indecent-exposurevoyeurismadvisorymarylandlibraryserial-patternUnder Investigation
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion