Lockport Man Charged With Public Indecency

LOCKPORT, IL — A Lockport man has been charged with indecent exposure after exposing himself at the front door of a Lockport home, according to a news release from Lockport Police.

Officers responded at 10:37 p.m. on Monday to a home in the 1300 block of South State Street, about an indecent exposure that had happened 30 minutes prior. Police said they met with a female victim who said she had received a notification from her doorbell camera.

Police said investigators reviewed the doorbell video and saw a man, later identified as Stephen Richardson, 36, standing in front of the door, facing the camera, with his pants down, exposing himself.

Police were unable to contact Richardson, and the incident was turned over to Lockport detectives, according to police. Detectives reviewed the video on Wednesday, consulted with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office and were able to obtain a warrant for Richardson for public indecency, which is a Class A misdemeanor.

The warrant, which was issued on Thursday, also mandated that Richardson be detained pending a pretrial detention hearing, police said.

On Friday, officers located Richardson at his residence and placed him under arrest for the outstanding warrant. He was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility to await his pretrial detention hearing.