Virginia man strips naked and flees, spends birthday in jail

(Reuters) - A Virginia man was arraigned on Monday after a weekend in which police said he stripped naked at a pizza restaurant after a pub crawl and led them on a chase before crashing into parked cars.

Charles Mack, 23, was spotted walking down the street naked after stripping at the restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, late on Saturday, police said.

When police tried to arrest him, Mack got into his car and drove off. He struck three vehicles before police restrained him with a Taser. There were no injuries.

Mack had been part of a group called "The All-American Bar Crawl," which started at 2 p.m. and visited 14 bars.

Arlington County Police Department spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said Mack was charged with indecent exposure, driving while intoxicated, disregarding police demands, three counts of hit and run and one count of possession of narcotics.

Mack spent his birthday on Sunday in jail.

Some residents complained last year about the neighborhood bar crawl, which offers drink specials at bars, and have pushed Arlington lawmakers to restrict such events.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

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' Naked rambler ' of the United Kingdom again arrested for nudity,

London (AP) — A British man who has spent most of the past decade — and nude in prison — was back behind bars Friday after they defied an order to cover.

Stephen Gough, known as the "Naked Rambler", was arrested Thursday as he left a court in Southampton, southern England, wearing only stockings, boots and a backpack.

A judge had imposed only an order that must "wear enough in public to cover at least his genitals and buttocks."

The 54-year-old former Royal Marine appeared at the same Court Friday and was ordered held until a hearing on March 25.

Since 2003 Gough has completed two nudes walk the length of Britain, with frequent interruptions for arrests, court appearances and jail.

Lawyer accuses Roger Trencher said Friday that Gough "caused much offense nationally and has used a considerable amount of police time in England, Wales and Scotland."

Gough said he believes nudity is a human right. Defense lawyer Jeffrey Norie-Mille told the Court that Gough "believes it is his right to not wear clothes and go about its normal business in such a State of undress."

There is no law in Britain against public nudity. However, there are laws against indecent exposure or behavior likely to cause "harassment, alarm or distress."

Gough served longer sentences to appear naked in public places, including courts and an airplane.

He could face up to five years in prison for violating the no-nudity, known as an antisocial behaviour order.

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