Man charged in pantless exposures

Police said Jesse Brian Ellyson had no pants on when he approached two girls in Lake Ridge and asked them for directions earlier this month.

Now he is wearing jailhouse jumpsuit.

Ellyson was arrested Monday after police said he exposed himself to two 13-year-old girls on Thursday in the area of Cotton Mill Drive and Hedges Run Court in Lake Ridge.

On June 20, police say Ellyson was in the same area again — this time without pants — and approached a 14-year-old and 15-year-old girl.

He asked the girls for directions and exposed himself, then made lewd gestures toward them, said Prince William police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez.

And on June 3, a 17-year-old girl who was walking on Darbydale Avenue near Eastman Drive in Dale City became a victim when police allege Ellyson exposed himself to her.

Ellyson, 40, of 4610 Hamilton Drive in Dale City, has been charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with children and three counts of indecent exposure, Hernandez said.

Ellyson was held with no bond and is scheduled to appear in a Prince William County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Ellyson is a known violent sex offender, according to the Virginia State Police.

He was convicted on Jan. 25, 2001 for taking indecent liberties with children, according to their sex offender registry.

Police are still looking into other cases where people have reported that a man has harassed others with sexual or lewd comments or behaviors.

Police said a boy exposed himself to a 33-year-woman and an 8-year-old girl on June 3 while they were on a walking path behind some houses in Lake Ridge.

The boy came up to them, near the 12700 of Ripple Creek Court, and asked for their help in putting a turtle that he found back into the woods.

After they both agreed the boy then walked away, turned around and shouted at them. When they turned and looked, both saw that he had pulled down the front of his shorts.

He then jumped onto a silver-colored bike and rode away.

The day before, police said a man walked up to the front door of a Lake Ridge home, in the 3500 block of Golf Side Circle, and harassed a 28-year-old woman inside.

The man knocked on the door just prior to midnight, but the woman didn’t answer because she didn’t recognize him.

The man then went to her window and knocked on it, police said.

The woman eventually answered the door and then the man began asking questions and exhibiting lewd behavior.

Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.

Correction:
Police did not say if Ellyson got out of his car when he allegedly exposed himself to the victims.