(Guyana Chronicle April 3, 1974)
Police chalked up their first streaker arrest early yesterday morning when a 19 year old youth was held as he ended a half mile run allegedly in the nude through a block of Bourda Streets.
The arrest followed a week of five incidents in which men ran naked for varying distances along city streets and were successful in evading the police.
According to Police reports, the youth’s venture started as a leisurely trot and ended in a frantic sprint with a Policeman in hot pursuit.
Reports said that the man was playing skittles in a Regent Street club when he accepted a challenge to run naked around the block.
Stripping, he left the club at 1 a.m and began an easy trot.
Behind him trailed several men on bicycles who were elected as witnesses of the venture. The streaker ran in safety until he reached the junction of Camp and Regent Streets.
There an off-duty Policeman spotted him and as he swung into Regent street the policeman took up the chase.
The “witnesses” warned the naked man that he was being pursued and after a quick backward glance , the man increased his speed into an all out sprint.
He sped back to the club but he was grabbed just as he was about to enter.
Ignoring the entreaties of people in the club to “let the man go” the cop held on to him and ordered him to put on his clothes.
And while he was dressing the man with whom he had made the bet handed him two one dollar notes.
He is expected to appear in court today on a charge of indecent exposure.
