Suspected flasher taken into custody
Paola Farer  Web Producer  
9News.com

AURORA - A suspected flasher is in custody.  Police say the man exposed himself at a
middle school, and then, on a separate occasion, in a parking lot in front of a business.

Arapahoe County Sheriff's investigators took Tom Wendell Barrus into custody
Tuesday evening.  Aurora police had already staked out his car, which was parked not
far from where one of the alleged incidents took place.

On June 2, an Aurora police officer was called to a business on Parker Road on reports
of a man exposing himself in the parking lot. When she approached the car, a black
Toyota Celica, the man drove off, hitting her with his rear view mirror.  He was
wearing women's lingerie.  The officer pursued the car and tried to approach again
while it was stopped in traffic.  The man drove off again, this time dragging the officer
a short distance.

Authorities said earlier Tuesday that Barrus was the suspected flasher and released a
picture of him that they had on file.  They say he is also suspected in a flashing
incident at Thunder Ridge Middle School that took place last month.  The man in that
incident was also driving a black Toyota Celica.

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