A Boston man was held without bail this week after he was accused of exposing himself to an underage girl who was visiting the city’s historic Granary Burying Ground with her family last July.

Wayne MacDonald, 65, was charged in Boston Municipal Court Wednesday with one count of open and gross lewdness, subsequent offense, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said. MacDonald has pleaded not guilty. 

The teen and her mother told police they were visiting the Granary Burying Ground shortly before 1 p.m. on July 25 when a man exposed himself to the girl, the DA’s office said. The mother confronted the man across the street from the cemetery, but he allegedly denied any wrongdoing and walked away.

The mother provided officers a description of the man, and Boston police tracked down video surveillance footage from nearby buildings and found him on tape, according to the DA’s office. Detectives circulated a bulletin, and officers in the Boston Police Sexual Offender Registry Unit allegedly identified the man as MacDonald. 

He was arrested earlier this week, the DA’s office said. 

In setting MacDonald’s bail, the court noted his “long history of similar offenses,” records show. According to the DA’s office, MacDonald is on probation until 2029 after serving a jail sentence for a 2023 open and gross lewdness conviction. He also has “numerous” similar charges on his record stretching back to 1992, the office said. 

Judge Joseph Griffin set MacDonald’s bail at $500 for the new charge and ordered him held without bail pending a Dec. 5 probation violation hearing, the DA’s office said. Boston.com has reached out to MacDonald’s lawyer for comment. 

“It’s unfortunate for any young person to have an experience like this, but I praise her and her mother for acting so responsibly in providing police with a description of the incident and the person responsible,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement. “That information, combined with solid detective work, helped bring this defendant forward to answer to the charges.”

Built in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground is the final resting place of Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, the five Boston Massacre victims, and several other notable figures from Boston’s earliest history.

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Abby Patkin is a general assignment news reporter whose work touches on public transit, crime, health, and everything in between.

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A surprise in Boston brought people to Lovejoy Wharf on Thursday.

It was a huge deal in the rap world, as Tyler, the Creator played a 30-minute pop-up show on the roof of a conference building. Fans only had to pay $5 to hear the performer play songs off his latest album, “Chromakopia” which just dropped on Monday.

The Boston stop was the latest in what seems like a series. He played a surprise show in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday.

The Boston Bruins were outplayed in every way in an ugly, blowout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

The Black and Gold not only lost 8-2 to the ‘Canes but they were also outshot 37-15 in the contest, managing just five shots on goal in each period.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery attempted to boost the offense by juggling all four forward lines, but Carolina’s puck pressure and pace were too much for Boston and the team couldn’t sustain any type of cohesiveness throughout the game.

“We knew they’d come hard,” Montgomery told Andy Brickley on NESN’s postgame coverage. “Unfortunately, we didn’t move pucks fast enough.”

David Pastrnak said the Bruins’ struggles are more than just line combinations not working.

“Right now, it’s not about the combinations,” he told reporters, as seen on NESN’s postgame coverage. “We are not good enough as a team, and that’s where it starts.”

Boston finished the first month of the season winning one game out of its last six, but Montgomery believes the team can turn it around in the upcoming month.

“We had a lot of success the last two years,” he said, per team-provided video. “We were first place in the league the last two years. We never achieved anything we wanted to.

“Right now, we’re not happy. Nobody’s happy with what’s going on. But we will get out of it. We will be better and hopefully create some better results come playoff time. It starts by sticking together and working. There’s no substitute for second and third effort.”

The Bruins aren’t willing to point the finger at any one player on the roster and are taking responsibility for how the team is playing on the ice.

“All you can do is keep working hard,” Trent Frederic told reporters, as seen on NESN’s postgame coverage. “I think everybody is doing that and trying their best. I think everyone needs to come together. A lot of individuals, including myself, aren’t doing well.

“I think everyone just needs to worry about the team and be team first. I’m not saying that’s the case, but the individual stuff will come and kind of all blend in together. We’ve done it for how many years now? It’s a recipe, we just got to get to it.”

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Here are more notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Hurricanes game:

— The Bruins’ 8-2 thrashing to Carolina is the worst loss for Boston since a 6-0 blowout defeat to the Hurricanes on Feb. 10, 2022, according to 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Ty Anderson.

— Boston surrendered three power-play goals for the third time this season in the first 11 games. The Bruins had allowed three power-play goals in a single game just three times in the previous 437 games, per Anderson.

— Brad Marchand tallied his second goal of the season and became the ninth player in franchise history to score 80 career power-play goals. The Bruins captain also moved into the fourth spot, ahead of Rick Middleton, in team history in goals scored (403).

— Jeremy Swayman was pulled midway through the second period after the Boston goaltender gave up six goals on 22 shots through 30 minutes.

— The Bruins travel to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers in a matinee matchup Saturday. Puck drop from Wells Fargo Center is slated for 1 p.m. ET. You can watch the game, plus an hour of pregame coverage, on NESN.