Sheriff’s Office seeks identity of man who committed an obscenity on a St. Bernard Parish public bus: Anyone with information should call (504) 271-2501

Sheriff James Pohlmann is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who committed an obscenity on a St. Bernard Parish bus on March 20 before exiting at a bus stop near the Mary Ann Trailer Park in Meraux.

Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501.

The incident happened after a black male with facial hair and a forearm tattoo, wearing a white shirt, cargo shorts and a white ball hat, boarded the parish bus about 6:15 a.m. at St. Claude Avenue at Mehle Avenue in Arabi, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

The man, who was alone on the bus with the female driver, sat immediately behind her and began asking her inappropriate questions, the sheriff said. Later, after he had exited the bus, the driver reported to her supervisor what the passenger had said and the supervisor checked the video and audio system on board the bus.

Sheriff Pohlmann said the supervisor called the Sheriff’s Office after seeing surveillance footage showing the passenger had committed an obscenity while he was speaking to the driver.