WILMINGTON — Just before 9 p.m. on Sunday night, the Wilmington Police Department responded to a call at a hotel on Market Street at the 4700 block.
A 33-year-old Wilmington man named Eliot Watkins was reported to be unclothed and causing damage to hotel property; he was also reported approaching hotel guests in the lobby. Police located him in a nearby wooded area, where he ran into a retention pond. The suspect was noted to have kicked an officer during the arrest.
Watkins was charged with indecent exposure, assault on a government official, disorderly conduct, injury to personal property, and misdemeanor larceny.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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