UTAH COUNTY -- A Riverton man was cited for lewdness involving a child Thursday after he was allegedly spotted by several people running on a trail while wearing nothing except for several bells that were hanging from his genitals.
According to a press release from the Utah County Sheriff's Office, police were called to the Diamond Fork hot pots in Spanish Fork Canyon Thursday just before 5 p.m. after reports, "a man was running around naked with bells hanging from his genitals."
Several witnesses between the ages of 8 and 16 told deputies they had seen the man, who was later located fully clothed near the trailhead parking lot. The suspect, 64-year-old Kenneth Allen Beck of Riverton, "told Deputies he just likes doing what witnesses described to see their reaction."
The man has a prior conviction for Lewdness-Indecent Exposure stemming from an incident that occurred in Saratoga Springs in 2005. In that instance, the man had exposed himself to an employee at a business while ordering food. He was convicted of a class B misdemeanor in that case.
Beck was cited for a class A misdemeanor, Lewdness Involving a Child, for Thursday's alleged activity.
