Crime & Safety

Bookstore Bandit Strikes Again, this Time Exposing Himself in Burnsville

A man who allegedly exposed himself twice to customers at two different Barnes and Noble stores, including Eagan's, has now allegedly been caught at the Burnhaven Library.

Burnsville Police arrested a St. Paul man after he exposed himself at the Burnsville Library, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Chadarith Um, 31, was charged in Dakota County Court on July 19 with two gross misdemeanors in connection with the incident at the library: indecent exposure in the presence of minors and indecent exposure with prior convictions.

Um has been charged with indecent exposure at libraries or bookstores five times in the last three years. That includes incidents in Apple Valley and Eagan, both at Barnes and Noble Booksellers. 

According to the criminal complaint cited by the St. Paul Pioneer Press:

Prosecutors say Um was sitting on the floor in the children's section of the Burnhaven Library with his legs crossed, reading a book.

A witness who was there as a nanny with two young children said his genitals were exposed through a hole in his pants.

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When officers approached him in the library about the incident, he "appeared to feign surprise" about the accusation, the criminal complaint said.

Um is being held at the Dakota County Jail. 

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City Pages reports Um has been in this position before. According to complaints, he exposed himself at a Barnes and Noble in Apple Valley and then at the Eagan Barnes and Noble, both in 2011.   

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