Man arrested and charged for indecent exposure and assaulting police officer

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A man was arrested after he ran down Independence Boulevard nude and assaulted a Wilmington police officer.

According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), the incident happened just before 2:30 a.m. on June 20. A unit responded to a report of a man running down the road with no clothes on.

WPD says the officer found the man, identified as 25-year-old John Batts of Havelock, who became combative…

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