By Associated Press - Friday, June 14, 2019

WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Police say a naked man is accused of assaulting moviegoers and police in Waitsfield.

WCAX-TV reports that police responded to the Big Picture movie theater Thursday night for reports that a naked man was acting erratically and had assaulted numerous people.

Vermont State Police say when troopers arrived the man, later identified as 40-year-old Charles Root of Weybridge, jumped on top of the cruiser and tried to kick out the windshield. Police say he also spit in a trooper’s face after being arrested.



No one was seriously injured.

Root is due in court on Friday. It was not immediately known if he is being represented by an attorney.

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