Earlier this month, women in the Plaza District and Mesta Park areas of Oklahoma City began calling police with similar complaints: a man in a green ford Mustang was following them as they walked and masturbating as he drove slowly behind them. In one case, a woman reported that the man actually got out of his vehicle and chased her.

On July 3, two women called to report the same activity coming from the same vehicle in two separate incidents. Police stopped and questioned 25-year-old Brendan Trey Brown, a man convicted last fall of indecent exposure and required to register as an Oklahoma Sex Offender. Although the officer noted that Brown was on probation for an indecent exposure conviction, and that he has two similar pending cases against him currently, the suspect was not arrested.

However, the following weekend, Oklahoma City police received several more reports of a man in a green Mustang following women and exposing himself to them. On Tuesday, police arrested Brown and booked him into the Oklahoma County Jail on complaints of two counts of indecent exposure. As of this writing, he remains jailed on $8,000 bond.

Brown was convicted in November 2015 of a single count of indecent exposure, and he is on probation for 10 years. Indecent Exposure is a Level 1 sex offense that requires 15 years of sex offender registration after the sentence is complete. Therefore, his probation is scheduled to end in 2025, but he must continue to register as a sex offender until November 2040.

Under 21 O.S. § 1021, indecent exposure is a felony sex offense punishable by 30 days to 10 years in prison. Because it is a Level 1 sex crime, it requires registration for 15 years, rather than the 25 years required for a Level 2 conviction or the lifetime registration required for a Level 3 conviction.

However, "habitual offenders" are those who commit and are convicted of a second or subsequent sex crime violation, and these individuals are required to register for life as Level 3 offenders, regardless of the risk level assessment of the crime itself. 

Read more about Oklahoma indecent exposure laws, including enhanced penalties for exposing oneself to minors under 16. If you need to speak with a criminal defense lawyer about allegations of indecent exposure or related sex crimes, call (405) 417-3842 or submit our online case review form to schedule a confidential free consultation.