(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City man is accused of trying to take a shower with a garden hose outside another person’s home.

 

According to La Porte County Police, officers on Friday were called to the 1800 block of Welnetz Road outside Michigan City before sunrise. There, an 80-year-old woman reported a man (whom she believed to be nude) was trying to shower with her garden hose.

 

Upon arrival, officers found the man was completely exposed below the waist, with no water running for his "shower." The individual, 41-year-old Ruben Penn, explained that he had sprayed himself with insect spray but his skin started burning, so he stopped to try and shower himself off with the garden hose.

 

Penn has been charged with Public Indecency as a Class C misdemeanor, and purportedly Penn was impaired by synthetic marijuana at the time of his arrest.

 

Previously in 2012, Penn was given a 10-year prison sentence for dealing cocaine.