Georgia Avenue/Petworth Station (Photo by Elvert Barnes via the Creative Commons on Flickr)

A 37-year-old Maryland man was arrested Monday for allegedly exposing himself to a 13-year-old girl on a Metro Green Line train earlier this month.

Espinosa L. Lopez (Photo courtesy of Metro Transit Police)

Espinosa L. Lopez of Greenbelt, Md. has been arrested for the alleged incident that happened Sept. 11 on a train that had just left the Georgia-Avenue Petworth Station, according to Metro Transit Police.

The victim reported to police that a man sat down next to her, exposed himself and began inappropriately touching himself. She asked the suspect to move so she could leave her seat and he responded by placing his hand on her and asking, “Why are you leaving so soon?” The victim managed to push her way past the suspect and report the incident to a family member who then called the police. She was not physically injured.

Police say they were able to track Lopez down by reviewing surveillance footage from several Metro stations. He is currently being held on felony child abuse charges without bond until a pretrial hearing scheduled for this Friday.

“This case has been an extremely high priority for us since it was reported,” Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik said in a statement. “While such behavior is never tolerated, these allegations are particularly disturbing because they involve a minor.”