Police arrest man for jumping naked by hotel window

Police in Madison, Wisconsin, weren't the only ones attracted to the sight of a naked man jumping on a bed in a second-story hotel window last Saturday. But they were the only ones who thought it was a good idea to compound the public display by hauling the man to the police station naked.

According to news reports, Kevin Horner, 25, or Minneapolis, Minnesota, was jumping up and down on a bed in his room at the University Inn last Saturday morning shortly after midnight. Horner was nude at the time.

Despite being on the second floor, Horner's actions in the well-lit room drew an audience of about a dozen bystanders. Among those present was a Madison police officer, who interrupted his routine foot patrol when he noticed the crowd paying attention to the hotel room window.

Horner stopped the show when he became aware of the police presence. Officers found Horner's room and arrested him on a tentative charge of lewd and lascivious behavior. "The goal of the officer was to keep any innocent bystanders from being exposed and offended by the view," said police Spokesman Howard Payne, in a report at Madison's The Cap Times.

The report further states that Horner "was given a pair of pants and other clothing upon arrival at the Dane County Jail."

Excuse me?

Perhaps Nakedism is misreading the story, but the published reports strongly imply that the police took Horner out of his room without letting him (or asking him to) dress first. So concerned were they about Horner's naked body on display that they hauled him through the hotel (naked), into a police vehicle (still naked), and all the way to the county jail (naked there, too) before letting him cover up.

One has to wonder which party here is really guilty of lewd and lascivious behavior.


Note: Photo is for illustration purposes only and does not depict the reported events.