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A Massachusetts man who was exercising naked in plain view of the street was arrested March 24 for indecent exposure. Kaushikkumar Patel, 58, a retired Taunton schools employee, allegedly was caught in the act, by a pair of undercover Taunton police detectives March 26, while he was jumping up and down while holding a set of dumbbells.
His arrest came one day after seven students on a bus heading to Edmund Hatch Bennett School told their driver they had just seen a “completely naked” man through the front door of his house, the Boston Herald reported.
Patel was released on his own recognizance by Judge Michael Vitale after being arraigned on March 24 in Taunton District Court on a single count of indecent exposure. He’s due back for a pretrial hearing on April 27.
Taunton Superintendent Julie Hackett issued an email alert March 24 afternoon to parents assuring them that “there is no threat to our students,” as a result of the March 23 morning incident, South Coast Today reported. Hackett’s email said Patel retired “a few years ago.”
Meanwhile one of Patel’s neighbor told FOX25 that Patel is embarrassed. “He’s embarrassed by it. He’s upset by it. He’s sorry it happened. He never intended anything like that to happen,” Elin Hardy said. Defending Patel, she said his naked workouts were a common thing and that he likes to feel the sun. “I know a lot of people think it’s weird. Yes it’s weird, but there’s a lot of things in the world that are weird,” she added.
