Drunken, naked man arrested after foot chase
June 25, 2010

A Howell man is facing charges after he allegedly urinated in public and then ran from police, who found him a short time later walking around wearing only shoes.

Howell police initially responded to a 10 p.m. Wednesday 911 call about a man urinating in public on Michigan Avenue in the Holiday Lane area.
Officers spotted the man, later identified as a 47-year-old Howell resident, urinating, but the suspect fled when police began approaching him, Chief George Basar said.
Officers found the Howell man a short time later near the Department of Public Works property near Dearborn and Marion streets. The man was naked except for his tennis shoes.
Basar said the man, who has a known alcohol problem, had been sober for 10 years before falling off the wagon, presumably as he tries to handle a divorce.
Basar said the a preliminary breath test indicated the man’s blood-alcohol level was at 0.19, which is more than two times the legal limit had the man been driving a vehicle.
Police arrested the man, who was lodged in the Livingston County Jail after treatment at Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital