Joseph Aaron Taskey, 44, currently being held in the Ward County Jail, has been charged in North Central District Court with three counts of indecent exposure. According to a release from the Minot Police, the department received reports of a male allegedly exposing himself at a local medical facility in a bathroom open to the public. Police reviewed photographs of the suspect taken by facility staff, identifying him as Taskey, a high-risk sex offender who had recently registered as living in Minot.

Taskey has multiple convictions in Idaho and North Dakota for indecent exposure and failure to register as a sex offender. Taskey had moved into the Minot address he provided to the police department two days before registering. Officers observed the address did not allow sex offenders and violated a requirement that he stay at least 500 feet from a public school.

Police arrested Taskey for violation of his offender registration requirements while continuing to investigate the indecent exposure complaint. The three counts of indecent exposure are a Class C felony. Taskey made his initial appearance in district court on Friday.