Police arrested a nude transient on charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest after he blocked traffic on a busy Chico Monday evening.
When police arrived at the scene, Park Avenue at 22nd Street at about 6:40 p.m., the man was lying naked across the roadway. The man, Robert Leavel, a local transient, appeared to be under the influence, police said.
A struggle ensued leaving Leavel with cuts and abrasions and an officer with a dislocated shoulder.