Plaintiff's cause of action for false arrest was properly dismissed. Sworn statements given by the complainant and members of her family to the police that plaintiff was exposing himself in his backyard provided probable cause to believe that plaintiff was guilty of the offense of harassment and justified his arrest as a matter of law (see, Veras v Truth Verification Corp.,
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