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Police made their first arrest under Boulder's new public nudity law Thursday, taking into custody a man who they say was begging in the nude on a highway off-ramp at rush hour while wearing a pair of woman's thong underpants on his head.
Glenn Ford, 55, was arrested on suspicion of violating the city's municipal ordinance prohibiting public nudity, which was passed by the Boulder City Council on April 6. The law went into effect May 6.
The ordinance was passed as a way of providing police with an alternative to stricter state public indecency and indecent exposure laws, which can result in stiff penalties and a requirement that the offender register as a sex offender.
Boulder's new law carries fines up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail. People convicted of violating the local code do not face mandatory registration as sex offenders.
Laurie Ogden, a police spokeswoman, said Ford was naked -- with the exception of a pair of panties worn on his head -- around 6:20 p.m. Thursday begging for money on the west shoulder of the westbound U.S. 36 off-ramp to Baseline Road.
After receiving several complaints from motorists, Ogden said, police responded and asked Ford to get dressed in clothes he had left on top of a nearby electrical box.
She said Ford, who appeared to police to be intoxicated, refused to get dressed. Police eventually were able to tie his jacket around his waist but as he was being escorted to a patrol vehicle it fell off, baring his nude body to the public once again, Ogden said.
She said Ford is a transient who police have contacted on several occasions prior to Thursday's arrest.
He is being held at the Boulder County Jail this morning in lieu of $250 bond.
Glenn Ford, 55, was arrested on suspicion of violating the city's municipal ordinance prohibiting public nudity, which was passed by the Boulder City Council on April 6. The law went into effect May 6.
The ordinance was passed as a way of providing police with an alternative to stricter state public indecency and indecent exposure laws, which can result in stiff penalties and a requirement that the offender register as a sex offender.
Boulder's new law carries fines up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail. People convicted of violating the local code do not face mandatory registration as sex offenders.
Laurie Ogden, a police spokeswoman, said Ford was naked -- with the exception of a pair of panties worn on his head -- around 6:20 p.m. Thursday begging for money on the west shoulder of the westbound U.S. 36 off-ramp to Baseline Road.
After receiving several complaints from motorists, Ogden said, police responded and asked Ford to get dressed in clothes he had left on top of a nearby electrical box.
She said Ford, who appeared to police to be intoxicated, refused to get dressed. Police eventually were able to tie his jacket around his waist but as he was being escorted to a patrol vehicle it fell off, baring his nude body to the public once again, Ogden said.
She said Ford is a transient who police have contacted on several occasions prior to Thursday's arrest.
He is being held at the Boulder County Jail this morning in lieu of $250 bond.
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