<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2YZycF_0zdpHUw700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2YZycF_0zdpHUw700" width="964" height="542" ><figcaption>Runners uneasy after string of sexual assaults, indecent exposures in Raleigh</figcaption></figure>Raleigh police have made a series of indecent exposure arrests in the past two weeks.On Monday, police <a href="https://www.wral.com/news/local/indecent-exposure-lake-lynn-park-march-2025/">charged</a> 24-year-old Jeremiah Matrigo with exposing himself to two women on Lake Lynn trail.Nearly two weeks prior, 18-year-old Jacarri Powell was <a href="https://www.wral.com/news/local/man-sexually-assaulted-women-raleigh-trail-february-2025/">charged</a> with sexual battery after police say he jumped on two different joggers on Lake Lynn Trail and touched them inappropriately.“This always seems like a very safe area,” said Taylor Swearingen, who was walking on the trail Wednesday. “We never considered it to be a safety issue, and we had no idea there were any incidents.”It’s not just nature trails that have been hit by harassment.Raleigh police arrested 63-year-old Billy Morgan on indecent exposure charges at Crabtree Valley Mall on Tuesday. An arrest warrant states Morgan exposed himself to a group of women.The incidents in public places are presenting a safety predicament.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2esWxT_0zdpHUw700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2esWxT_0zdpHUw700" width="640" height="360" >“You can’t close every entrance, and it’s a public area that everyone deserves access to,” Swearingen said.Some trail-users said they’re incorporating safety into their everyday walks, especially as the weather brings them outside more.“Usually if I go somewhere I have a panic button and I have [pepper] spray,” Anna Gearhart said.Raleigh Parks and Recreation encourages park users to be aware of their surroundings and use the trail system with a companion.The agency also says violators of the Trail Code of Conduct could face indefinite suspension from all of Raleigh Parks.</div></body>

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Raleigh police have made a series of indecent exposure arrests in the past two weeks. On Monday, police charged 24-year-old Jeremiah Matrigo with exposing himself to two women on Lake Lynn trail. Nearly two weeks prior, 18-year-old Jacarri Powell was charged with sexual battery after police say he jumped on...

Indecent exposure at Crabtree Valley Mall third case in Raleigh in two weeks

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Raleigh police have made a series of indecent exposure arrests in the past two weeks. On Monday, police charged 24-year-old Jeremiah Matrigo with exposing 

Indecent exposure at Crabtree Valley Mall third case in Raleigh in two weeks

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