Man accused of exposing himself inside local Panera Bread

ROBINSON, Pa. — A man is accused of exposing himself at a local Panera Bread.

On Tuesday. police in Robinson Township charged Christopher Caffarelli of Alliquippa with indecent exposure and open lewdness after they say he more than exposed himself to a woman inside the restaurant at the Settlers Ridge shopping center.

It happened about 4 p.m. The restaurant was full and a customer called 911, reporting Caffarelli’s lewd act, but before police arrived, he had fled to a nearby store.

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Acting on the woman’s description, police spotted a suspect hurrying to his car and took him into custody right there in the parking lot.

According to the criminal complaint, when he got to police headquarters, he admitted he had a problem and said no one was meant to see him. But according to the woman who called 911, she told police that not only was the man moving closer to her as she sat in the restaurant, but he actually tried talking to her.

According to police, "She said he’s been sitting a few spaces down from her for a long time and kept looking at her.”

What the suspect didn’t know was “she took a video of him with her phone and gave it to police,” according to the complaint.

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