Driver speeds past women, exits truck and masturbates by the highway, Missouri cops say

A Missouri man is accused of speeding past women on a highway, then pulling to the side of the road to masturbate as they drove by him, police say.

When he was arrested, the 20-year-old told cops that he could explain.

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office learned of the incident on Tuesday afternoon when a woman called 911 because a man driving a Dodge pickup truck had just sped past her on a highway in central Missouri, according to a probable cause affidavit.

When she caught up to the driver, the man had pulled to the side of the road, and he was masturbating outside the truck with his pants around his ankles, according to the affidavit.

The deputy recognized the truck — a “dually” Dodge pickup truck with a smoke stack and deer skull stickers on the window — from previous encounters with the suspect. Another deputy arrested the man at a Walmart, police said.

Meanwhile, another woman told investigators that a similar truck drove past her in the opposite direction on the same highway. She saw the truck turn around in her rear-view mirror, according to the affidavit.

The truck began following her “extremely close” then sped past her, slowing down and speeding up. At an intersection, the driver slowed down to apparently see which way she would turn, according to the affidavit.

Then she lost sight of the truck. When she drove around a corner, she saw the man masturbating with his pants at his knees and his butt against the truck by the side of the road, according to the affidavit.

Initially, the man denied the accusations and told investigators that his girlfriend could verify they followed each other home after she finished work, police said. The girlfriend told deputies they didn’t drive to their home at the same time, according to the affidavit.

Asked to tell his story again, the man told investigators he stopped by the road to urinate during the first incident, according to the affidavit. During the second incident, the suspect told them he passed a car and pulled to the side of the road.

The man said he was “in the mood” and believed he was hidden in the brush when he began masturbating, according to the affidavit. He told investigators that he enjoys doing this outdoors, police said.

Logan Hopwood, a resident of Montreal, was arrested on two felony charges of sexual misconduct and was denied bail, according to a news release.

Hopwood is a registered sex offender. He was found guilty of molestation of a child under 14 years old last year, according to court documents. Also last year, he was found guilty of sexual misconduct in a separate arrest.