Maj. Scott Reeve said police believe Smith, 33, who has no previous criminal background, was looking at females while following them and masturbating.
On Jan. 6, a female mail carrier reported a heavyset man in an orange car was sitting in the car masturbating as she delivered mail on Barnitz Street.
In a Jan. 16 report, a parent reported his daughter got off the school bus on Malvern Street and a man in a orange vehicle followed her. When the car passed her and began to turn around, the girl said she took off running.
A parent also reported on Jan. 18 that a suspicious man followed her home down Henry Avenue and made her feel uncomfortable, according to the police report.