Canton flasher sentenced to 3 years in prison

A man who repeatedly exposed himself in Canton while on probation for a similar crime was ordered Wednesday to serve three years in prison.

Jason Morgan appeared in Eastside District Court for his trial and pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent exposure. He watched women while he was naked and masturbated on June 25 on South Ellwood Avenue, and again on July 23 on Fait Avenue, prosecutors said.

At the time, Morgan was on probation for a 2022 conviction in Worcester County for two counts of indecent exposure.

“I would like to apologize to the wonderful city of Baltimore,” Morgan said. “I would like to apologize to any and all victims for my stupidity.”

Morgan said he failed to maintain his sobriety. He said he was not offering excuses and vowed to dedicate the rest of his life to staying sober and making wise choices.

“Nothing can excuse my stupid, stupid behavior,” he said.

But Baltimore District Judge David Aldouby noted that Morgan, 49, of Belcamp, had a history of exposing himself across Maryland and Virginia. The judge described it as a “pattern of behavior.”

Aldouby also criticized prosecutors for not initially bringing Morgan’s full criminal history to his attention.

Assistant State’s Attorney J. Isaac De La Cruz recommended a sentence of 18 months in jail and supervised probation.

Morgan’s attorney, Assistant Public Defender Regan Thorp, asked for leniency and noted that her client still faced a violation of probation.

Thorp said she had preconceived notions and assumptions about Morgan before she met him. But she said she learned that her client has had a “difficult life” and has struggled with “severe alcoholism.”

“Mr. Morgan is not truly the person that he was on those nights,” Thorp said. “That is not him.”

She said her client wanted to take accountability and recognized that he “messed up in a bad way.”

Outside the courthouse, Samantha Pollitt, who contacted Baltimore Police and posted about the serial flasher on a neighborhood Facebook group, said she empathized with Morgan and forgave him in some ways.

But he also committed a crime, she said.

“It’s still something that scares me to walk at night,” Pollitt said. “But I feel better that he’s not around — and nothing has happened since then.”