On Saturday, September 14th, a Deputy with the Coos County Sheriff’s Office was traveling west on Newmark Ave. in Coos Bay and observed a subject matching the description of an individual that had been reported missing the day prior.
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 Mr. Dixon in the back of his patrol vehicle, Mark began running away from the Deputy with his hands cuffed behind his back. The Deputy caught Mr. Dixon and he was secured in the back of the patrol vehicle and transported to the Coos County Jail without further incident. Mr. Dixon was lodged and booked at the Coos County Jail for Public Indecency and Escape in the Third Degree.