Sex offender charged with indecent act within sight of tobogganing children
HALIFAX — A 56-year-old convicted sex offender is facing a charge of committing an indecent act after allegedly masturbating within sight of a group of tobogganing children.
James Michael Snow of Dartmouth was to appear in Dartmouth provincial court Wednesday.
Police say the children were sledding on a hill behind an apartment building Tuesday afternoon when they heard a cough and then witnessed a man masturbating in the window of one unit.
Police went to the scene and arrested Snow without incident at 1:11 p.m. He was held in custody overnight.