OSWEGO – Doug Waterbury, 60, of Oswego, was arrested on December 9, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. at the Oswego Police Department as the result of an investigation from an incident in September.
On September 30, 2020 at about 7 a.m., a civilian complainant contacted the Oswego Police Department who reported that an unknown male was exposing himself while leaning into a vehicle that was in public view.
At that time, the complainant believed there was a second person in the vehicle.
The complainant was able to provide police with a video and photographs of the vehicle that was involved in the incident. Investigators from the criminal investigation division were able to identify the owner of the vehicle and later identified a female victim in the case. The victim provided information that a person did solicit her to engage in oral sex for money.
Waterbury was charged with one count of public lewdness- PL 245.00(a) and one count of patronizing a prostitute in the third-degree -PL 230.04(1).
Waterbury was processed and released on an appearance ticket due back to Oswego City Court on December 17, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
A person is guilty of public lewdness when he or she intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of his or her body in a lewd manner or commits any other lewd act: (a) in a public place. Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree when he or she patronizes a person for prostitution. Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Anyone with information regarding this case or has other information are encouraged to contact Investigator Jansson at (315)342-8120. Those wishing to remain anonymous may do so.
A lawsuit was filed against Waterbury, a landlord and businessman in the Oswego area, in August 2017 in the Northern District of New York alleging that female tenants and prospective tenants of rental properties owned by Waterbury were subjected to egregious sexual harassment, including unwanted sexual contact, in violation of the federal fair housing law. The lawsuit reached a settlement in June 2019. More information can be found here.
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