A now-clothed Calhoun man is in jail following an evening of alleged nude prowling.

According to the incident report:

Officers received a call Wednesday, April 11, around 10:30 p.m. saying that somebody had knocked on the door of a residence on Belmont Drive, and when the resident opened door, a nude white male was standing on the doorstep.

The resident told him to leave and the male ran away.

Officers driving through the area noticed the nude man under the carport of another residence on the corner of Alton Drive. When the male saw them, he fled on foot again.

The officers chased the male on foot through several yards in the neighborhood. He then jumped a fence across from Alton Drive and ran into the woods, according to the report.

Minutes later, another report came in that a naked man was in front of their home on Lawson Lane. Four officers were dispatched to the area and were unable to locate the subject.

Multiple Gordon County Deputies were also called in to assist.

The law enforcement officers patrolled the neighborhood for an unnoted period of time without success in locating the subject, until dispatch advised that a caller had seen him looking in their window.

Two minutes later, a call came in from a Lawson Lane home stating that the subject had been knocking on their bedroom window.

Officers still couldn’t find him. Around 11 p.m., a call came in saying the naked male was running down Curtis Parkway.

An Officer traveling on Curtis Parkway saw the subject walking along the fence beside Anderson Automotive.



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When the nude male noticed the officer, he started running again. However, when the officer started to chase the subject on foot, the subject surrendered. The arrest occurred at 12:15 a.m., one hour and 45 minutes after the initial call.

Derek Lance Petty, 29, of McCreary Rd in Calhoun, is charged with obstruction, prowling and public indecency.

It is unclear as to whether or not drugs or alcohol were involved in the incident. However, there was no mention of either in the incident report.