Lang
3/2/22
A registered sex offender faces charges that he was caught masturbating on an Iowa City street.
Iowa City Police were called to the 600 block of Westgate Street just after 11:45 Tuesday night after multiple witnesses reported seeing a subject with his pants down, masturbating. The man was allegedly looking into a bedroom window from across the parking lot.
Arriving officers found the suspect in the area. He’s identified as 42-year-old Abdul Jammal of Tipton. Witnesses confirmed Jammal was the man they saw masturbating. He was arrested and charged with Indecent Exposure, a Serious Misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of one year in jail.
The Iowa Sex Offender Registry lists Jammal’s address as Las Vegas, Nevada. It also shows he has a 2003 conviction for 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse out of Linn County. The victim is listed as a girl between the ages of 14 and 17.