Nov 26, 2008 10:57 am US/Central
Pa. Cops Taser Man Delivering Sermon In The Nude
WASHINGTON CITY, Pa. (CBS) ―
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Police in Washington City, Pa., used a taser on a man who had been preaching naked at a local mission's church.
KDKA
A Baltimore man was found by State Police sitting in his car on Interstate 70 at the Taylorstown Exit.
Appearing to need help, officers took him to the Washington City Mission in Washington County and that's where something unusual happened, reports CBS station KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.
"When I looked out and noticed he was at the altar here praying, which is actually a nice thing, and at the same he was praying he started taking off his shirt," says Scot Woods, from the mission.
"I got up to tell him that we can't do that because occasionally women are out in the dining room and that's not a nice thing to have them see, and as I looked I realized had no clothes on, and I went, 'Huh.'"
The man was later identified as 23-year-old David Briggs from Baltimore.
"I also noticed at this time he was in like sort of a chant. He wasn't actually praying, it was very rhythmical. I thought, 'Maybe we should get some help for this guy.' I called police," Woods said.
By the time police arrived, the man had made his way to the pulpit.
"We found a black male, large, naked, preaching at the altar," Washington City Police Sgt. David Bradley said.
Bradley was one of the first officers to arrive. He says they sat in the chapel for 10 minutes listening to him preach in the nude while waiting for an ambulance.
Briggs was tased and taken to a local hospital.
But how did he end up in Washington, Pennsylvania?
"Apparently he had a funeral in Maryland. His grandfather had passed and to deal with it, he hopped in his car and began to drive."
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