Naked man jumps into retention pond, kicks officer after incident at North Carolina hotel, police say
By Zach Rainey
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina (WYFF) — Officers in Wilmington, North Carolina, arrested a naked man following a disturbance at a hotel.
Shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Wilmington Police Department were called to a hotel in the 4700 block of Market Street about a naked man causing damage to hotel property and approaching people in the lobby.
When officers arrived, they found the 33-year-old man, identified as Eliot Watkins, in a wooded area nearby.
According to officers, Watkins fled and jumped into a retention pond. As he tried to get out of the pond, officers detained him. During his arrest, Watkins kicked an officer.
Watkins was charged with indecent exposure, assault on a government official, disorderly conduct, injury to personal property, and misdemeanor larceny.
This remains an ongoing investigation. No other details have been released.
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