Naked Neighbor Upsets Citizens In Charlotte, NC

Man Who Stands In Doorway Naked Not Breaking Any Laws: Police
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Residents in a Charlotte, North Carolina, are upset over a neighbor they say likes to hang out in his doorway naked.

However, police officials said that while the view may not be pleasant, the man isn't breaking any laws.

Neighbors told WBTV that the unidentified man has stood naked at his front door several times a week for the last 10 years. The last time was on Friday.

“I was out rolling the trash can on Friday and I just happened to look over there and he was standing there buck naked,” neighbor Pecolia Threatt told the station.

Adrienna Harris, who wants the man arrested, told WBTV said her daughter won't leave the house if her naked neighbor is dangling in the doorway.

Neighbors estimate they've called the police 30 times since 2005, but police officials tell Time Warner Cable News that there's nothing they can do since the man is naked inside his own home.

It's possible that the naked neighbor could be charged with indecent exposure, but North Carolina law says he'd have to "willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place and in the presence of any other person or persons."

The annoyed neighbors took a picture of the man standing at his door in all his glory on Friday. They plan to use the pics to get the neighborhood's Homeowners Association to file some type of nuisance complaint against the naked neighbor, according to the Charlotte Observer.

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Things You Can't Do Naked
Thomas Edwin March(01 of16)
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Thomas Edwin March, 51, had the essentials: a pair of 3D glasses, three 20-ounce cans of Ice House beer, a smashed cheeseburger, and a laptop (possibly to blast a little Bob Seger). Party time. But he got arrested because he was allegedly naked on the beach, and Bunche Beach isn't a nude beach. (credit:North Fort Myers Police)
Anthony Michael Hedger(02 of16)
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Anthony Michael Hedger, 24, was arrested after authorities in South Carolina saw him walking down a highway naked carrying his 13-month-old son, also naked. (credit:Greenville County Sheriff's Office)
Aydrea Meaders(03 of16)
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Aydrea Meaders is accused of stripping during an upstate New York school assembly. She is facing child endangerment and lewdness charges. (credit:Albany Police Department)
Osmer Hernandez(04 of16)
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Osmer Hernandez, 33, of New Orleans, La., was arrested when he seranaded cops while naked and masturbating. (credit:Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office )
Marty R. Parrish(05 of16)
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John David Kinder(06 of16)
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John David Kinder, 25, was arrested for allegedly dancing naked outside a Florida woman's house on Aug. 15. He was charged with disorderly conduct. (credit:St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office)
Matthew Ibarria(07 of16)
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Matthew Ibarria, a fugitive from Florida wanted for allegedly attacking a relative, was arrested after jumping naked from a car in Georgia. This dashboard video from a Kingsland Police Department vehicle allegedly shows him running away. Read more. (credit:Kingsland Police Department)
Tracy Mabb(08 of16)
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Naked Chainsaw(09 of16)
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Lindsay Medd Stevens was arrested by police in Knoxville, Tenn., for indecent exposure after his neighbor saw him cutting a tree down -- while completely in the buff. Knox County sheriff's deputy Scott Ritch told WATE-TV that he saw Stevens standing completely nude in his yard cutting a tree, only to run inside his house when he saw the officer. (credit:KNOX COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE)
Aaron Latham(10 of16)
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Keith Fehr(11 of16)
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William Bliss(12 of16)
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Jacob Lee Bovia(13 of16)
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Milton Hodges(15 of16)
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Hodges, 20, of Florida, allegedly fled to a nudist colony and threatened residents there after committing an armed robbery at a nearby Lowe's. The fully-clothed Hodges was reported to have been easily identified by his pursuers in the naked environment.
Chad William Forber(16 of16)
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Chad William Forber, 41, has been charged with possession of methamphetamine, resisting or obstructing a peace officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, stemming from an incident where he was found naked in public covered in nothing but Crisco. (credit:Courtesy of Rock Island Jail)