Mandeville man arrested for obscenity (St. Tammany News)

Mandeville man arrested for obscenity
Woman reported Cortez for alleged lewd acts

By Debbie Glover
St. Tammany News
Published on Monday, August 24, 2009 8:29 AM CDT

Victor Cortez, 23, of 2903 Monroe Street in Mandeville, apartment unknown, was arrested Aug. 18 at about 6:15 p.m. for allegedly committing a lewd act in a parked vehicle at a shopping complex in Mandeville, said Capt. Ron Ruple of the Mandeville Police Department.

Cortez was in his vehicle and allegedly got the attention of a woman passerby who then called the police. He was charged with obscenity and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. By Friday morning, Cortez had been released to the U.S. Office of Immigration.

Ruple said that many times a perpetrator in this type of case needs an audience and wants to be seen.