Suspect arrested for allegedly exposing himself to woman at Tempe car wash

A man was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure after he allegedly flashed his genitals at a woman at a Tempe car wash.

BY BRANDON KING

Sep 3, 2025, 7:03 AM Updated: 11:59 am

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PHOENIX — A man was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure after he allegedly flashed his genitals at a woman at a Tempe car wash last month, authorities announced Tuesday.

Joshua Curtis, 26, parked his car next to the victim’s at the Cobblestone Car Wash at Baseline and Kyrene roads the morning of Aug. 2, according to the Tempe Police Department.

He then lowered his window and called the victim over before allegedly exposing himself, police said.

“I had just went through the car wash and I was at the vacuum stall,” the victim said in footage of an interview released by police. “As I was on my passenger side, he had rolled down his window and he goes, ‘Excuse me, miss, can I interest you in this?’ I was just in shock, and I left and I called 911.”

How did police identify indecent exposure suspect?

Police used surveillance video to identify Curtis’ license plate and gathered further evidence linking him to the crime.

When officers confronted him at his residence on Aug. 26, he admitted to exposing himself.

“I pulled into the parking spot and there was cars on both sides of me and I rolled down a window and I said, ‘Hey, would you have any interest in this?'” Curtis said in footage of his arrest provided by police. “And she leaned in and then left.”

Curtis was booked into jail on counts of indecent exposure and public sexual indecency, both class 1 misdemeanors.