Lang
9/5/25
A Black Hawk County man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for masturbating in a University of Iowa Health Care waiting room.
UI Police were called to the second floor of the Pomerantz Pavilion on Hawkins Drive just after 8:15 on the morning of June 27th. A witness reported hearing a “bang or crash” in a waiting room, and running in to find 36-year-old Demetry Lewis of Waterloo lying on a bench with his hand down his pants, masturbating. The loud noise was reportedly caused by Lewis knocking over a lamp while pleasuring himself.
The witness reports other people were present in the waiting room at the time.
Arriving officers say Lewis smelled of ingested alcohol and showed signs of intoxication. He allegedly admitted to drinking alcohol during his trip down from Waterloo.
Lewis was charged with Indecent Exposure and Public Intoxication. If convicted on both counts, he would have faced a maximum of 13 months in jail. On Thursday, Judge Jason Burns sentenced Lewis to one year in jail on the exposure charge and dropped the intoxication charge as part of a plea deal. All but 30 days were suspended.