Public Indecency, Sept. 17

Newmark Ave., CB, CCSO release – On September 14th, 2019 at 12:37 PM, a Deputy with the Coos County Sheriff’s Office was traveling West bound on Newmark Avenue in Coos Bay. The Deputy observed a subject matching the description of an individual that had been reported missing the day before. As the Deputy was walking up to contact the individual, the Deputy noticed it wasn’t the missing person which had been reported. The Deputy also realized the male subject was masturbating onto a piece of rusted metal, in full view of the public. The male was taken into custody and identified as 31 year old Mark A. Dixon. While the Deputy was attempting to secure Mark in the back of his patrol vehicle, Mark began running away from the Deputy with his hands cuffed behind his back. The Deputy caught Mark and he was secured in the back of the patrol vehicle. Mark was transported to the Coos County Jail without further incident. Mark was lodged and booked at the Coos County Jail for Public Indecency and Escape in the Third Degree.