LaCrosse Man Charged with Indecent Exposure

GAINESVILLE ‒ A LaCrosse man has been arrested and charged with indecent exposure.  John Wesley Mosley, Jr., 28, of LaCrosse, was arrested on Wednesday, June 29, and charged with two counts of indecent exposure after two residents of Lexington Crossing apartments in Gainesville reported a man masturbating in a stairwell.

On the evening of June 28, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Detective Hall organized a detail of plain vehicles and plain clothes detectives to track a suspected indecent exposure suspect who is likely linked to approximately 15 cases this year.  

According to the GPD, within an hour of starting, the detail spotted and followed the suspected vehicle occupied by John Wesley Mosley.  GPD Detectives believe he is a suspect in a series of indecent exposure incidents in Gainesville since January.

For hours Mosley took the detectives on an erratic drive throughout southwest Gainesville, in and out of multiple student complexes.  Finally, he parked and exited his vehicle in Lexington Crossing.  Several detectives got out on foot to follow him as he lingered in different breezeways by apartment doors.

The GPD stated that at one point, detectives presented themselves as unsuspecting students in an effort to draw Mosley out, however, he did not act.  Finally, as two innocent victims approached their doorway, Mosley exposed himself, got the reaction he was looking for and ran back to his vehicle.

Detectives followed Mosley out of the complex as he sped away from the scene.  Patrol was called in and directed to stop the vehicle.  Shortly afterward, the victims identified Mosley for his act, resulting in Mosley being charged with two felonies due to his prior misdemeanor conviction on the same charge.

Post Miranda, Mosley denied being at Lexington Crossing or exposing himself.

Mosley has a previous conviction of indecent exposure from 2017, resulting in one year of probation.  He is currently facing four counts of indecent exposure in two cases.  He has been released from custody.

As GPD detectives further investigate this case and Mosley’s potential past incidents, GPD asks that anyone with any information about Mosley or more possible incidents to contact Det. Hall at 352-393-7663.

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