Sunday January 8, 2023, a police officer was arrested while he was running naked along a road in Essonne. According to Le Parisien, he had used drugs a few days earlier.
It is a surreal situation to which Essonne police faced, on Sunday, January 8. That day, around noon, police officers were approached by passers-by who reported to them that a man was undressing on the road to Grigny, in Viry-Chatillon. Once there, they discover an imposing man, completely nakedhis shorts on the calves and without shoes, in the center of a roundabout.
According to information from Parisianthe 29-year-old allegedly confirmed to officers that he was himself police officer stationed at the Paris Court of Justice in Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement. Rapidly evacuated by firefighters towards the nearest hospital, he would have struggled and ended up break the inside handle of the rescue and victim assistance vehicle, making it impossible to open it from the inside.
The policeman had consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms
During his arrest by the police, the official explained that he had consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms on the occasion of New Year’s Eve and that he was still in “bad trip“. After his arrival at Longjumeau hospital, the man was taken into custody for sexual exhibitionism and degradation of public property. His police custody was then lifted, the doctors having judged his health incompatible with this measure.
Placed under sedatives, the 29-year-old man remained in hospital. “The policeman was hospitalized, and at this time, his police custody has still not resumed“said the prosecution of Evry, Wednesday, January 11. For their part, the police went to his home to make a search. There, she discovered 73g cannabis resin as well as a narcotic purchase catalogue. Elements that should not play in his favor in the case.
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Roundabout
They found the naked man on a roundabout. The latter explained to them that he was himself a policeman and that he had been under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms for a week.
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Ambulance
The policeman was evacuated in a victim rescue and assistance vehicle (VSAV). He got agitated and ended up breaking the interior handle of the vehicle, which could no longer be opened from the inside.
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Hospital
Once in the hospital, he was sedated and taken into custody for sexual exhibitionism and degradation of public property. His police custody was then lifted during his hospitalization.
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Dope
During a search of his home, the police discovered 73 g of cannabis resin as well as a catalog of purchases of the narcotic.