Crime & Safety

Naked Phoenix Man Arrested In Pediatric Emergency Room

Police say that after being discharged, Christopher Hartman walked into the pediatric ER naked and touching himself.

PHOENIX, AZ – A 45-year-old man is under arrest after police say that he walked naked into the pediatric emergency room at Maricopa Medical Center. Christopher Hartman is charged with indecent exposure.

Hartman had been discharged from the hospital but returned later that day naked and touching himself.

Hospital workers along with a family with children were there at the time.

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Security was able to detain Hartman until police arrived but not before a struggle that shattered a glass door, according to ABC15, which first reported the story.

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