Sex Offender Charged with Indecent Exposure in College Green Park

A sex offender with a previous offense toward children got himself into more trouble Tuesday afternoon.

Police were called to College Green Park Tuesday afternoon after hearing complaints that there was a man exposing his genitalia to them. Officers said they found the man there, Kelly Lee Wade, 41, of Coralville, pulling his pants up when they arrived at 12:41 p.m.

Witnesses at the park said Wade had been exposing his erect penis for approximately a half an hour in the park to people nearby. 

Wade was then arrested and charged with indecent exposure, a serious misdemeanor. Police then found that he was a previous sex offender with an offense toward children, and his proximity to a playground in the park was a felony violation of his sex offender registration.

Wade has two previous indecent exposure charges and also failed to comply with the sex offender registry in 2006, according to criminal complaints.

Correction: The article orginally stated that Wade's address is in Iowa City, when it is actually in Coralville.