HRP release:

A man has been charged for exposing himself to a child in Halifax this morning.

At approximately 8:10 a.m., police were called to Edward Street in Halifax for a report that a man had pulled his pants down and exposed himself to a young child. The man was not known to the child.

A short time later, police located and arrested the man on Henry Street.

Stewart Wayne Eastman, 73, will appear in Halifax provincial court today to face an indecent act charge.