Crime & Safety
Man Pleads Guilty to Penis Wagging; Will Serve Time on Weekends
The man had been banned from the apartment complex where the incident occurred.
A Barrow County man has pleaded guilty to running naked around a Mitchell Bridge apartment complex, wagging his penis at women, a man and a police officer.
According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, Clifford Eric Atkinson, 29, of Bethlehem also said he was guilty of fighting with a police officers and damaging a car belonging to a resident of The Preserve of Athens, from which he had been banned. The incidents happened in July 16th, the story says.
On October 21, Atkinson pleaded guilty to the charges.
The story says that after Atkinson wagged his penis at women sitting near the apartment complex pool, he said lewd things to the arresting officer and shook his penis at him as well. He also struggled with the officer.
The arrest report says Atkinson was placed in restraints and taken to the hospital, the story says. It also says he told the police officer that he had taken hallucinogenic mushroom and "crack a hoe."
The story says Athens-Clarke County State Court Chief Judge Ethelyn Simpson sentenced Atkinson to spending three weekends in jail, paying $500 in restitution for the car windshield he damaged, performing 40 hours of community service, and serving 18 months on probation.
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