Man hoping to be deported streaks down Fla. street

[April 08, 2009]  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities said a man claiming to be an illegal immigrant ran naked down a Port St. Lucie street so that he would be sent back to Mexico.

Police responded to a home Saturday night where they found a 28-year-old man arguing with his boyfriend.

Officers told the man, who appeared to be intoxicated, that he should go home for the evening, but he told them he wanted to go to jail because he was an illegal immigrant and wanted to go back to Mexico. He then said he planned to punch an officer to get arrested but decided not to after police told him it wouldn't be in his best interest to do that.

That's when the man took off his clothes and ran down the street.

He was charged with indecent exposure and being held for immigration officials.

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Information from: The Stuart News, http://www.tcpalm.com/

[Associated Press]

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