Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Naked Man on Playground Park Bench
The suspect reportedly told police he'd soiled his underwear while playing on a swing, so he threw them away.
Canton police arrested a 51-year-old man Saturday afternoon on indecent exposure charges after an employee of Mildred Field Elementary School reported he was sitting naked on a playground bench, according to a police report.
The man reportedly had been wearing turquoise panties, but discarded them in a garbage can after soiling them, Hometownlife.com said. He reportedly told police that he had been playing on the swings when he defecated in his underwear.
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The man had what appeared to be a bottle of olive oil with him, police said.
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The incident was reported by the school employee at 1:30 p.m. Mildred Field Elementary School is located at 1000 S. Haggerty Road.
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