Naked man leads Indiana State Police on 3-mile chase

The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel ^ | September 27, 2012 | Christian Sheckler

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A "completely naked" motorist led a state trooper on a 3-mile chase along Interstate 69 Thursday morning before being taken into custody in Huntington County, police said.

At about 8:45 a.m., an Indiana State Police trooper found the man naked by his vehicle near mile marker 279, state police spokesman Sgt. Ron Galaviz said. When the trooper approached the man, he allegedly got into his car and fled, leading the officer on a chase that ended near mile 282, Galaviz said.

"This guy didn't appear to have any clothes on," Galaviz said, adding that police "have reason to believe he was on some kind of controlled substance."

Galaviz said he was not sure if someone called police about the man or if the trooper spotted him first. Initial scanner traffic indicated the man was "completely naked." Police took the man to a Huntington County hospital, where he was undergoing a mental evaluation, Galaviz said.

The man may face criminal charges, including resisting law enforcement, but prosecutors would make that decision, Galaviz said.

According to Galaviz, the man was driving a passenger vehicle.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DANG!

[trapped_in_LA]

A naked guy on I-69 who would have thought ;)

[pepsionice]

Bath salts. Pretty simple to recognize these guys now.

[verum ago]

Is one still naked if one is wearing a seat belt?

[berdie]

Thanks...needed the laugh!

I can go to bed now. :)

[twister881]

Anybody have a 20 on Randy Travis?

[gattaca]

Thanks for the laugh! Bet the police laughed too.

[Mrs. P]

He was about to step into the tub? That’s why he was naked! Just on his way to the bathroom.

[hadaclueonce]

The mile markers are wrong. I grew up about 3 miles from that interstate. The Michigan border is somewhere about mile marker 150 or so.

[Freestate316]

Do Indiana Democrats have early Thursday voting?

[Celtic Conservative]

I-69, the most stolen road sign in the continental U.S.(no joke)

CC

[Smokin' Joe]

The 666 mile marker on US 2 in Montana goes missing pretty often, too.

[who knows what evil?]

I-69, the most stolen road sign in the continental U.S.(no joke)

It USED to be the US666 signs in the southwest until they changed the route number... :-(

[Celtic Conservative]

If they ever change the designation of I-69, Michigan still has another 2 popularly stolen signs: Hell, and Climax .

CC

[who knows what evil?]

LOL...I’ve seen those...wonder about ‘Blue Ball’ and ‘Intercourse’ in Pennsylvania?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

They have renumbered the markers to accommodate the stretch of I-69 being built south of Indianapolis. To do this, they simply added 200 to the old markers.

[hadaclueonce]

I did not know they renumbered them. Thanks!

Are still trying to make that the new highway from Canada to Mexico?

[dfwgator]

“Indiana wants me.....Lord I can’t go back there...”

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yes, that’s the one, although there is at least one other corridor they are trying to develop (Canamex).