Naked man said he was outside house to propose to girlfriend

A Florida man has been arrested after deputies say he was attempting to propose to his girlfriend while naked. 22-year-old Thomas Edwards Jr. had a run-in with several Casselberry police officers after the homeowner called 911 to say a man had knocked on his door and was stripping down on his back porch.

When officers arrived at about 3:45am, an arrest report said, Edwards was "completely naked." They told him to put his boxers back on. Edwards, who said his name was "Zim," told officers his girlfriend invited him over so that he could propose to her. She wanted him to strip down, he said.



Edwards told police "he just wanted to go to jail" and asked if head-butting an officer would get him there. "I told him not to try it," one of the responding officers reported. Edwards then told the officer he would spit in his face. "I again told him not to try it," the officer stated. Not long after, Edwards stood up and walked toward the officer, who told him to sit back down. Edwards then spat in the officer's face.

Another officer Tasered Edwards in the left hip and thigh. Edwards fell, scraping his knee and foot on the driveway. He rolled over and pulled the Taser prongs out. Edwards didn't get to propose to his girlfriend. The Maitland man was arrested on charges of indecent exposure in public, battery on an officer and burglary. He was booked into the Seminole County jail on $5,500 bond.