By Megan Miller, Editor
CLAY – Just before noon on Tuesday, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a suspicious person at Cosby Lake Park.
Hannah VanSlambrouck was jogging around the trail reported she saw a man standing off the trail at the north end of the park. When she made another lap, the man was reportedly smiling at her and exposing himself.
Cosby Lake in Clay
file photo
“He was standing there and looking down at his phone and ‘getting off,’” VanSlambrouck said. She also said there were two other young women walking around the park at the time of the incident, who she asked to call the police.
“Since I was running all I had with me was my car key,” VanSlambrouck said.
Witnesses said the suspect fled the area in a green Ford Expedition. The area was searched, but the suspect was not located.
“I wanted to see if he stayed around,” VanSlambrouck said. “By the time I got to where the cars were parked, the police were pulling in.”
The suspect is described as a white male in his late 20’s, 5’11” tall with brown hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a green shirt and a camouflage ball cap.
“We thought about moving our cameras over there, but we figured that was just going to scare him away,” Clay Mayor Charles Webster said.
Webster said the Sheriff’s Department has surveillance on the grounds of the park currently.
“Hopefully we can track him down,” Webster said.
VanSlambrouck said she hopes that by speaking out the park will remain safe and family friendly.
“I’m 5’8” and I’m pretty assertive, so I didn’t think he was going to do anything to me, but a 5’2” high school student might have a different reaction,” VanSlambrouck said.
Anyone with information should call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department at 325-1450.
35 Comments
Beth Taylor Gore
I hope he’s found. My son and I walk this park and would rather not see such a thing.
Jennifer Noah
Kenda
Rhonda Webb
Lora Whitehead
Lora Whitehead
I’d put the jiu-jitsu on, I don’t play that mess. Sicko
Becky Kirbow
Elizabeth Kirbow this is why I’d rather you have a running buddy
Rhonda Webb
I know you would just letting you know what is going on
Lora Whitehead
Rhonda Webb thanks for the heads-up! I still go there quite a bit. What kind of idiot goes to a public park and does mess like that. You know me lol, I’d fight haha
Rhonda Webb
Your welcome
Kimberly Ray Griffis
Brett, we talked about this man
Brett Nabors
FOR HARAMBE!
Stephanie Aguirre
Kim Swartz Ranney
Andrea Morgan Smith
Uh oh… Melissa Jordan watch out for this guy… or… don’t watch because.. you know…
Barbara Williams Wheeler
Gee everyone needs to wear a body camera . pepper spray handy too.
Drew Taylor
Hannah C Layne
Hannah C Layne
Oh dad…hahah jk
Jennie Rogers Kruse
Bret Rogers BuddyandTina Rogers
Melissa Jordan
Ugh! It’s crazy.
Kenda Haynie Davis
I saw this last night and it’s not the first time. Pervert !!
Sabrina Millwee Meeks
I would have pointed, laughed and exposed my pistol.
G Les Keyes
Be careful Marion Kilgore
Cathy Mount
Theresa
Kelli Penque
Y’all, this happens all the time downtown. People are so sensitive
Christie Allred
Tilette West-Smith
Christopher Dale Harris
Sarah Mcgaughy
Andrea Bearden Quick
Chelsey Hames, Freda Jones, Tamra Patterson
Debbie Horton McCloud
Crazy people!
Kathy Sills
Jerk
Tilette West-Smith
Bill Dooley
Maybe this man had to pee. Maybe he has a medical problem there. Let’s get the facts before we accuse him of this. Y’all would have had him hung no pun intended before you knew the facts.
Jacob Stanley
Cody
Brittany Tullis Rains
Angela Bright-tatum
Angela Bright-tatum
I saw this . So many crazies so close by!
Brittany Tullis Rains
Ppl have gone nuts!!
Cathy Scheile Beasley
Maybe a pee-shooter is in order
Bill Dooley
Cathy Scheile Beasley Lol lol lol