Man Accused of Exposing Himself to Children in College Township Park

State College police on Tuesday arrested a Woodward man accused of exposing himself to children last month in a College Township park.

David Ray Snyder, 57, was denied bail by District Judge Casey McClain because Snyder is already facing charges for allegedly filming a woman and her two teenage daughters while they changed clothes in a bath house at Bald Eagle State Park last summer.

The investigation into the new charges began on July 7, when police received a report of a male exposing himself to several young girls, all around the age of 7, at Spring Creek Park.

Police said the suspect had left the area in a silver minivan. Snyder was identified as the suspect when he returned to the park on July 19, according to a news release.

One of the girls was interviewed at the Centre County Children’s Advocacy Center and said “that Snyder had talked to her and exposed his genitals to her,” according to police.

Snyder is charged with felony counts of unlawful contact with minors-open lewdness and corruption of minors and misdemeanor counts of open lewdness and indecent exposure.

In denying bail, McClain noted that Snyder was “currently on bail for similar charges” and a “strong danger to community/children,” according to a court document.

Snyder is detained at the Centre County Correctional Facility. A preliminary hearing his scheduled for Aug. 11.