Nude swimmer arrested in Seattle park assault
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A naked man runs from Seattle police officer Tuesday Sept. 4, 2012 in Seattle after he was seen at Green Lake Park and was chased into the middle of Green Lake. He clung naked to a buoy before swimming to Duck Island where he continued to evade police for about 2 hours before being arrested. T (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; SEATTLE TIMES OUT
A naked man runs from Seattle police officer Tuesday Sept. 4, 2012 in Seattle after he was seen at Green Lake Park and was chased into the middle of Green Lake. He clung naked to a buoy before swimming to Duck Island where he continued to evade police for about 2 hours before being arrested. T (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; SEATTLE TIMES OUT
SEATTLE » Seattle police have arrested a man accused of knocking a young brother and sister to the ground at a park, then stripping off his clothes and jumping naked into a nearby lake where he eluded police boats and divers for more than two hours.
The unidentified man was loaded into a medic unit at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. KOMO-TV reported he was bound for a local hospital for observation after his adventures at Green Lake Park.
Police say the 16-year-old girl and her 19-year-old brother were taken to a hospital by their father for evaluation. The 19-year-old reportedly suffered a broken finger and a split lip.
When officers first tried to talk to the man, Detective Jeff Kappel says he threw his sleeping bag at them and ran off.
