Published July 24, 2012, 06:59 AM

Naked man arrested in downtown Fargo

Police said a 31-year-old man who was walking down a Fargo street wearing nothing but shoes and socks early Sunday replied “Why not?” when asked by police why he was naked.

By: Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun

FARGO — Police said a 31-year-old man who was walking down a Fargo street wearing nothing but shoes and socks early Sunday replied “Why not?” when asked by police why he was naked.

Dispatchers fielded calls about the naked man as he was walking eastbound at NP Avenue and Fourth Street at 2:47 a.m.

Joseph Clifford Ertelt of Fargo was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure, Lt. Joel Vettel said. The police report says Ertelt was intoxicated, he said.

It wasn’t clear where Ertelt was coming from or going, Vettel said.

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